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Historical Flashback: Creating the University of North Carolina system Higher Education, in any country, is important not only for economic development and cultural advancement. Higher Education is also important for national defense. Many states have created university systems which help manage and govern their public universities and colleges. Some states do not have public university […]

United States: An immigration nation This cartoon appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper in 1939 during World War II. The image was to give a reflection on which Americans had the opportunity to fight for “freedom” at home and around the world. By 1941, the United States Army Air Forces would establish an all African American military […]

U.S. History: When African Americans were forced out of cities and counties The United States of America’s Preamble to the Constitution reads as follows: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure […]

Hispanics and Latinos: Who are they? A look back on the conversations Dilemma X enjoys sharing world and cultural history. Our goal is to help people better understand the world in which we live today. In the United States we often hear the terms Hispanic and Latino. What is it? Many Americans actually do not understand […]

The black African Moors in Europe- U.S. newspapers from the 1880s and 1890s We start with Treaty of Peace and Friendship -The treaty sealed at Morocco with the seal of the Emperor of Morocco June 23, 1786, and delivered to Thomas Barclay, American Agent, June 28, 1786 History in the United States often avoids detailed […]

United States: Integration at historically black colleges and universities The process of racial desegregation in American public and private colleges and universities Although the Declaration of Independence stated that “All men are created equal,” due to the institution of slavery and enslaving Africans, this statement was not to be grounded in law in the United […]

Flashback: U.S. Cities- long journey to having rapid rail transit subway systems This is a flashback sharing historical newspaper articles on a time when many American cities had great discussions regarding building rapid rail transit systems for the public. Today, many of these cities actually do have or are currently building rapid rail transit systems. […]

The flag of a foreign nation: The Confederate States of America was not the United States of America From 1861 to 1865 the Confederate States of America had a federal government modeled on that of the United States of America from which its member states had seceded to establish and independent country. Formed in February […]

Rioting in an American city in 2015- Yesteryear in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s own words 1967 Unrest followed the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland on April 27, 2015. Freddie Gray, a 25 year old African American man, died of a mysterious spinal injury on April 19, 2015, days after being taken into […]

April 19, 1775- The American experiment to create a more perfect union began with war The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). On April 19, 1775, British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. On the night of […]