But, in 1877, the Reconstruction era ended when the last Federal troops left the Southern states in which they remained, allowing Democrats to impose "Jim Crow laws" that enabled White supremacy over Black citizens throughout the American South until the middle of the 20th century....
It’s one of the few books Elon Musk recommends that deals with the possibility of AI being used as a force for good in the world rather than evil. Get the key ideas with Blinkist in just 13 minutes. 5. The Big Picture by Sean M. Carroll The Big Picture by Sean M. Carroll 18 ...
This list of implied characters is a list of characters that have not physically appeared in any form of media up to this point in time. Regardless of their lack of appearance, the implied characters have been mentioned at least once throughout the...
A white woman who openly embraced controversial positions on matters of race and gender equality, she was a southern liberal unafraid to criticize segregation and work toward the dismantling of Jim Crow laws, at a time when such actions virtually guaranteed social ostracism. Birthplace: Jasper, ...
This is a project to document the works of video game designers and programmers for early, primarily 8-bit, systems. It focuses on platforms where most games were created by individuals or small teams, including home computers (like the Atari 800 and Apple II), consoles (like the Atari 2600...
The newest Smithsonian museum on D.C.’s National Mall opened in 2016 and houses a collection of more than 40,000 artifacts, from a full-scale, Jim Crow-era Pullman train car to one of funk artist James Brown’s black satin capes. The exhibits and galleries powerfully illustrate...
Carol Anderson White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide $17 at BookshopCredit: Bloomsbury Born out of a Washington Post op-ed, this book addresses the way that African American social progress has been stymied by white opposition throughout history, from the Jim Crow laws to the ...
Someone recently said, "Assertions about the importance of HBD [human biodiversity] are rife on the internet among high-IQ bloggers." We thus created the following bibliography to aid those interested in human biodiversity. The bibliography is eclectic and a work in progress. Its creators do ...
2011-11-29Feature Article "Michael Crow, a former agent [of the CIA], is now pres of Arizona State University" "Two Scandals, One Connection: The FBI link between Penn State and UC Davis" Another Member of the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board is Michael Crow, President of...
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Ages 9-12) This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history’s most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and ...