Tag: racism
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Morningside by Aran Shetterly
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Morningside: Bet you can’t guess the ending. Quick synopsis: The story of the 1979 Greensboro, N.C. massacre. Fact for Non-History People: Greensboro is named after Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene. Fact for History Nerds: James Gardner was a N.C. congressman around this time along with being a co-founder of the Hardee’s…
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Sheridan’s Secret Mission by Robert Cwiklik
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Sheridan’s Secret Mission: Wasn’t much of secret. Quick synopsis: The story of when U.S. Grant sent Philip Sheridan to report on the civil unrest and racism in the South. Fact for Non-History People: Black men encompassed 10% of the Union forces. Fact for History Nerds: Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard grew up…
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Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus by H.H. Leonards
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: She didn’t just disappear after the bus incident. Quick synopsis: The story of Rosa Parks and her relationship with museum owner, H.H. Leonards. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Rosa Parks was a supporter of the Black Panthers. Fun Fact for History Nerds: H.H. Leonards started…
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Gangbuster by Alan Prendergast
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Gangbuster: Denver needs to rename a few landmarks. Quick synopsis: A true crime story about Denver District Attorney Philip Van Cise. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: In 1876, there were two working telephone lines in the world. By 1922, there were over 15 million phones in the U.S. alone. Fun…
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Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Black Klansman: Racists are so stupid. Here’s proof! Quick synopsis: Ron Stallworth, a black police detective, infiltrated the KKK. You read that right! Totally true story! Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Read the synopsis! This is awesome! Fun Fact for History Nerds: How did this all start? Detective Stallworth answered…
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The Holly by Julian Rubinstein
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Holly: Denver is a damn mess. Quick synopsis: The story of Terrance Roberts and the gang war he both participated in and fought against. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Rick Ross, the rapper, is actually using the name of “Freeway” Rick Ross, the convicted drug dealer. The drug dealer…
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Timely History: Juneteenth
The country recently celebrated Juneteenth on 19 June. For a lot of people, it was the first time hearing about the holiday. Allow me to conduct a quick Q&A to answer your burning questions on the holiday. This is a new thing that was just made up because of what’s going on, right? No, stop…
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Timely History: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Well, this is frustrating on multiple levels. The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred 99 year ago. I write “Timely History” to highlight current events through the prism of history. It’s the nerd equivalent of “staying in my lane.” I’m not a sociologist and there are many others who will write opinion pieces which will articulate things…
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Musing: Stop Comparing Things to Nazis
What’s this musing about: The misuse and ignorance when it comes to Nazis. (Approaches soapbox, climbs on) Stop comparing things to Nazis. It shows a disturbing misunderstanding of history and annoys the hell out of me. I don’t like speaking on American politics. Nowadays conversations end up with people yelling and spouting ignorant things. Luckily,…