History can be changed by simple moments, by sometimes surprisingly small events of the sort that happen every day. But when those events happen at just the time, in just the right place, the world can be forever altered. It was one such event in Mexico that redirected a young woman’s life and gave the …
What is the biggest state in the United States (US)? With a total of 50 states, there is plenty to pick from. Off the top of one’s head, one might say Texas, or maybe California. However, the actual biggest state is one that doesn’t border any of the other states. Indeed, it’s the 49th state …
Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacksWhen she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one… Your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth and your shirt is damp with sweat. Outside, the late forenoon sun is burning hot. There is a group of people — officers, the …
“What’s resulted in the decades since is supposed to be an opportunity for White people and their institutions to redress their perpetual erasure of the roles of Black folks in building this country on our backs… What we’ve been given, however, is a rote acknowledgment of the same five people — Rosa Parks, Martin Luther …
Did Abraham Lincoln love his wife? Or was he instead forever emotionally faithful to the memory of his first true love, a woman by the name of Ann Mayes Rutledge? Is this another American legend, like that of Paul Bunyan? The truth, as always, lies somewhere in the middle, but the way that this story …
Every February, American children from all over their country are treated to the dusty facts regarding the sixteenth president of the United States — that of good ol’ Abe Lincoln, he of simple beginnings and Civil War stewardship. The guy was tall; he freed the slaves; he was killed while attending a theater performance. What …