and religious values prevail still have prejudice against LGBTIQ + people or hold modern homonegative attitudes, i.e., a nuisance and negative feelings that this minority threatens to strip them of their societal “privileges”. It will take time for the Greek society as a whole to fully...
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (January 12, 1950-July 19, 2024) helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence, and to have Juneteenth (the anniversary of when the last enslaved people in America gained their freedom) recognized as a federal holiday. A native of Queens...
For enslaved people from Africa, agency was a prerequisite for defending one's dignity and expressing one's claims. This paper aims to reconstruct indirect yet illustrative accounts of "black slaves"' agency, not in America but in early modern Europe, researching poetry ...
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (January 12, 1950-July 19, 2024) helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence, and to have Juneteenth (the anniversary of when the last enslaved people in America gained their freedom) recognized as a federal holiday. A native of Queens...
The museum also depicts the darker side of the industry, which saw large numbers of indigenous people enslaved and exploited. While the local populations suffered, their labour meant rubber barons could display their vast wealth in the form of exuberant mansions and grounds. The Iron House for ...
Today, there are at least half a million people enslaved in the US; roughly 240,000 to 325,000 women and children are victims of sexual slavery.◆移民难民问题沦为美国党派攻讦与政治斗争的政治工具,政府朝令夕改、暴力执法,移民群体遭受超期羁押、酷刑和强迫劳...
While there are few firsthand testimonies from enslaved people in Brooklyn, the exhibit offers clues to what they endured. It also sheds light on the often-overlooked narratives of enslaved individuals in Kings County and the generational legacies of inequality. The exhibit is free to visit ...
“resistance” had come to encompass a much broader set of behaviors. Enslaved or oppressed people might resist by taking up arms, but they might also resist simply by refusing to do as they were told. The political theorist James Scott called these “everyday forms of resistance” — a ...
Dr. Richard Eells of Quincy helped hundreds of enslaved people escape to Canada. His house in Quincy was a stop on the Underground Railroad and you can visit it today. Photo: Public domain strong roots as a progressive city. The first immigrants came from New England and brought with them...
“In short, after the war, while America was sending out its blue jeans to unite the young of all nations, a concrete form of democratic universalism that has had liberalizing effects on many enslaved nations, it was importing a clothing of German fabrication for its souls, which clashed with...