Many people, even those with no more than a passing interest in sport, have heard of Jesse Owens, the American athlete who ruined Adolf Hitler’s moment in the sun. For there can be no question that Hitler saw the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin as the ideal platform from which to amplify Nazi...
Anne Frank betrayal suspect identified after 77 years
A new investigation has identified a suspect who may have betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.
The Jewish diarist died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, aged 15, after two years in hiding.
Her diary, published after her...
Even while the Disney studio was making the film, Disney had to be clearly aware that he was risking a negative reaction. Records show that the Production Code Administration had warned him several times about using black stereotypes (Cohen 62). According to Ebony magazine, bandleader Tiny...
Found this pretty interesting. Apparently, Awkwafina's neighborhood, Forest Hills was safe during the time and white hipsters were already hanging out in the Lower East Side during the mid 80s
We often hear about workers going on strike in the news. If the workforce want change then one way to influence it is by going on strike. Striking is a modern phenomenon, surely? Perhaps not – what if the Ancient Egyptians went on strike?
Not all Ancient Egyptians were farmers. There were lots...
A History of Salt Cod
The Portuguese national dish with a global past of ingenuity and exploitation.
Alexander Lee | Published in History Today Volume 69 Issue 11 November 2019
On board a factory ship: gutting, cleaning and storing cod in the hold. Engraving from Encyclopedia of Natural...
I was watching documentaries on the Tulsa pogrom and seeing elderly survivors of that event is just insane to me.
And it got me thinking if there's anyone on the Coli that has a family history of being victims of racial violence.
Also, how come I never heard of any cac that had a grandparent...
I was just reminded of this after hearing a woman retell a story and mention it.
Is there historical truth to this?
Being from Chicago and a son of Mississippi, there is an aggression that black people have in Chicago, that I haven't really seen anywhere else. Chicago nikkas go from 0-100 at...
tl;dw
Race is a relatively modern concept
People were judged on culture than skin color
Romans were :mjpls: to literally everyone who wasn't them, even Greeks
Romans had more respect for Africans (especially Egyptians) than Northern Europeans
You were clowned for wearing pants:mjlol:
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