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Historical Flashback: The power of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) Dilemma X would like to share these historical newspaper articles on the famous Tuskegee University. Tuskegee University was founded in 1881 and is located in Tuskegee, Alabama. Click images below to enlarge for better viewing. Click your return arrow to return to this Dilemma X […]

President Barack Obama visits Cuba- A look back at African populated Cuba President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on March 20, 2016. With this visit President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president in 88 years to set foot on the island nation. The last sitting president to visit the country was Calvin Coolidge, who […]

United States elections: A Historical look back on a few mayoral elections Dilemma X takes this time to reflect back on the elections of a few African Americans to become mayors of American cities. The African American to be elected mayor of a U.S. town was in 1868, when Pierre Caliste Landry became mayor of Donaldsonville, […]

Historical Flashback: When Oregon became a state – African descent population Below are historical newspaper articles on Oregon when it was admitted to the Union, as a state, on February 14, 1859. The newspaper articles speak to the issues of the African descent population. The Oregon Constitution was framed by a convention of 60 delegates […]

Historical Flashback: Christmas and enslavement in the United States The following historical newspaper articles relate to enslaved people of African descent around the Christmas season in United States. 1851 1851 1856 1856 1858 1860 1862 1865 On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed the official adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to […]

Donald Trump: An American distraction and a reminder of the German American Bund- Nazi supporters Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in New York City, New York. Mr. Trump is grandson (father’s side) of German immigrants Frederick Trump and Elizabeth Trump. On his mother’s side Mr. Trump is the son […]

December 18, 1865: Formally abolishing slavery in the United States – Statement issued verifying the ratification of The 13th Amendment 150 years Dilemma X would like to take this Flashback look at the ending of legal enslavement of African descent people in the United States. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States […]

Changes in American Culture Since the 1950s Survey ANXIETY, NOSTALGIA, AND MISTRUST FINDINGS FROM THE 2015 AMERICAN VALUES SURVEY Robert P. Jones, Daniel Cox, Betsy Cooper, and Rachel Lienesch Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) The 2015 American Values Survey was made possible by generous funding from the Ford Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Americans […]

U. S. passenger airports in the South and how they became international gateways Airports are important key features to the economic health and growth of metropolitan areas around the world. Dilemma X takes a look back, via past newspaper articles, at how some airports in the South became approved international airport gateways. Who approved the […]

Yesteryear: The Holocaust as reported by actual U.S. newspapers -The Jews of Europe A genocide can take place directly in public view. Recognize the warning signs before it’s too late. Dilemma X shares this history fashback in order that we know the warning signs of evil. Never forget the past or it will be repeated. […]