AltWeeklies Wire
Rush to Judgmentnew
In World War II, Houston attorney Leon Jaworski prosecuted a group of black American soldiers -- in a hurried-up trial, they were court-martialed and sentenced to hard labor. The verdict was probably wrong, and Jaworski had a lot to do with that.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
06-27-2006 |
History
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Gunkist Orangesnew
The Citrus War of 1936 is the most important event in Orange County history you've never heard of.
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The Kent State Conspiraciesnew
What really happened on May 4, 1970?
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
05-04-2006 |
History
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A New Billy the Kid?new
The mad search for the bones of an American outlaw icon has come to Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-12-2006 |
History
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Potentially Controversial Worknew
Decades before the Depression, Margaret May Dashiell was fascinated by the omnipresence and activities of black working people -- was she reinforcing racial stereotypes or recording personalities?
Style Weekly |
Edwin Slipek, Jr. |
03-21-2006 |
History
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Black Atlanta Disappearsnew
Skip Mason has collected more than 3,000 posters, newspaper clippings, weathered photos and other odds and ends in order to help tell the story of black Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-23-2006 |
History
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Homecomingnew
One hundred and forty-one years after the Sand Creek Massacre, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians are reconnecting with their heritage and history in Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Joshua Zaffos |
12-12-2005 |
History
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Chasing Down Deannew
Fifty years after his death, America is still obsessed with James Dean. Was he that good, or is it just clever marketing that keeps the legend alive?
San Luis Obispo New Times |
John Peabody |
09-29-2005 |
History
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Fighting Under a Green Bannernew
History has nearly forgotten the story of the San Patricios, a battalion of U.S. Army deserters -- many of them Irish -- who fought for Mexico against the United States.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
03-17-2005 |
History
Down the Chisholm Trail Once More
By the time 1972 presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm died on New Year’s Day at the age of 80, her name had dropped off our nation’s radar. A documentary that premieres on PBS Feb. 7 sheds light on the lady with beatnik glasses, bird’s nest hair and defiant personality.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
01-13-2005 |
History
The Lady in Graynew
The cross-dressing Confederate soldier Loreta Janeta Velazquez, aka Lt. Harry Buford, is receiving renewed attention from historians and is the subject of an upcoming documentary.
Howard Zinn Targets the Next Generationnew
The historian's new book combats the "submersion of nonwhite people" in the writing of history.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
10-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Are Some Abe-Related Historical Sites Getting Shortchanged?new
Ousted Illinois Historic Preservation Association director Maynard Crossland says the state's pumping money into the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, but other Illinois historical programs, including popular Lincoln sites, aren't getting the funds they need.
Illinois Times |
Tom Teague |
09-10-2004 |
History
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It's In for Historical Revisionists to Out Dead Guys
In recent years, people have speculated, often on thin evidence, that Leonardo da Vinci, Thoreau, Hitler and Jesus are gay.
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Revisionist History: Dig Upsets Descendant of Freed Slavenew
A former University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor has denounced
recent efforts to recreate what is considered the country's first town
founded by an African American.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
07-15-2004 |
History
