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Month: July 2022

For Pilot Bessie Coleman, Every ‘No’ Got Her Closer to ‘Yes’

For Pilot Bessie Coleman, Every ‘No’ Got Her Closer to ‘Yes’

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

Despite fierce obstacles in her path, the Black female aviator became a hero that would pave the way for generations to come by David Kindy Correspondent Once again, Bessie Coleman—the first…

The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic in Washington

The rise of reactionaries in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic in Washington

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022

Emergent movements, including a resurgence of the KKK, led to more anti-immigration policy, eugenics laws, religious fundamentalism and conservative leadership. By Knute Berger, Crosscut Published: July 10, 2022, The end…

How Edmonia Lewis Changed The Art World Forever

How Edmonia Lewis Changed The Art World Forever

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022

By Sarah January/June 11, 2022 Over the centuries the art world has seen many iconic sculptors. From Michelangelo to Picasso, Donatello to Rodin, these artists created some of the incredible…

Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people

Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

By Jim DownsJune 19, 2022 n response to the growing spread of monkeypox, public health leaders are for the first time since the 1970s opening the locked stockpiles of smallpox…

How Emmett Till’s murder inspired Rod Serling to create the original ‘Twilight Zone’ series

How Emmett Till’s murder inspired Rod Serling to create the original ‘Twilight Zone’ series

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

Frustrated by censors, Serling went a different route, with great success. Annie Reneau The original “Twilight Zone” series was unlike anything anyone had ever seen on television. Airing from 1959…

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