Why were police against the Selma to Montgomery freedom march? Why was the Civil War called the Civil War? Why is it called a 'gridiron'? Why is it called 'tying the knot'? Why are white people called 'Caucasian'? Why was it called the Quiet Revolution?
America’s drinking culture was without form, and void—and Prohibition was upon the face of the deep. When folks emerged in 1933, blinking and parched from thirteen senselessly dry years (and, let’s be real, from a lot of adulterated bathroom gin andjake...
In a Facebook group for parents in Lafayette Parish, several parents with kids at L.J. Alleman were asking why kids of the opposite sex were separated while at lunch and while out during recess. I reached out to parents with kids at this Lafayette Parish school and they confirmed that th...
Prohibition was repealed. Felix Von Luckner said, “My observations have convinced me that many fewer would drink were it not illegal” (Von Luckner, 2). He believed that the law against alcohol manufacturing just instigated more drinking. The people during this period in time were so ...
A Concise Overview of Its Prohibition Era Flamenco, a dance originating in southern Spain, was once banned primarily because it was closely associated with marginalized groups like the Romani people and the Moors, who significantly influenced its development. ...
A.Learning how to take risks in an ever-changing world. B.Meeting people who will be helpful to you in the future. C.Having opportunities of playing a leading role in society. D.Gaining up-to-date knowledge in science and technology. ...
Years before50 Shades of Greybecame a book people openly read on the subway, bondage has been creeping its way into the mainstream. Almost 15 years ago, leather and whips were helping to sell products as innocuous as sensible furniture. In a2001 Ikea ad, the “uptight” next-door neighbor...
I fight alone againsta stronger foe.How many people are actually poor in America?As of this writing, the most recent poverty statistics inform us that there were 36.5 million officially poor people in the United States in 2006, 12.3 percent of the population. They’re “official” in the ...
Early in the pandemic, physicians in other nations where treatment was less restricted, such as Spain and Italy, were sharing data with American physicians about treatments they found were effective against the SARS-2 virus. In addition, there was a large corpus of medical research indicating that...
Tens of thousands of speakeasiespopped up in New York City alone by 1925 after bars and saloons in the country were shut down during Prohibition. Some started offering finger foods alongside clandestine cocktails in an effort to boost sales. ...