Dilemma X

Flashback: U.S. Higher Education -When Auburn University and North Carolina State University received their current names Dilemma X Sometimes the boards of trustees at colleges and universities feel the need to change their institutions’ names. Many times name changes are just done in a simple ceremonial process by: the boards of trustees, the state university […]

The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the colonial administrator of Hong Kong and Nigeria for Britain, pushed for indirect rule in colonial Africa. Lugard outlined the reasons and methods that should be employed in the colonization of Africa by Britain. It included spreading Christianity and saw state sponsored colonization as […]

150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Stevens Fort Stevens, the District’s northernmost fort during the Civil War, is perhaps best known for two things: the last Confederate invasion and a close call for President Lincoln, who faced enemy fire. On July 13, 2014 the fort and Battleground National Cemetery mark the 150th anniversary of […]

Did you know? The United States had no Vice President between November 22, 1963 and January 20, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson serviced as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961–1963 and later served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963–1969. During the period between the assassination of President John […]

Detroit: Video inside the Pontiac Silverdome -a former NFL stadium The 80,300-seat stadium opened in 1975 and has largely remained empty since the Detroit Lions left for downtown Detroit’s Ford Field in 2002. Ground was broken for construction of the dome on September 19, 1973. The Pontiac Silverdome opened on December 6, 1975. The NBA […]

Zimbabwe celebrates 34 years of independence By Hebert Zharare and Lloyd Gumbo The Herald (Zimbabwe) Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and US president Barack Obama yesterday congratulated Zimbabwe on the occasion to mark its 34th Independence Day today as hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans from all walks of life gather at various centres […]

The District of Columbia Emancipation Act -April 16, 1862 On July 9, 1790, the U.S. Congress passed the Residence Act, which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. The City of Washington was established on Maryland and Virginia land where slavery was the engine of American economic growth. On April 16, […]

United States: Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed 50 years ago President Johnson speaks to a nationwide television audience from the White House just before signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Among those in the front row are Lady Bird Johnson, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Everett Dirksen, Senator Hubert Humphrey, House Minority […]

Tequesta Native American village artifacts uncovered in downtown Miami By Andres Viglucci The Miami Herald Miami’s historic preservation board on Friday roundly rejected a developer’s plan to carve out and display a prehistoric remnant of a recently uncovered Tequesta village in downtown Miami, and instead set the stage for potentially designating the site a protected […]

Yesteryear: Atlanta and Charlotte and the rise of the urban South What does the future hold for these urban centers in the 21st Century? A brief timeline look back on a few events that changed Atlanta, Charlotte and the urban South via past newspaper articles on Georgia and North Carolina ________________ 1979 Charlotte March 24, […]