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… the past 250 years to offer historical insights for understanding present-day China and its possible development. Restless Empire extends the … Basic Books, 2012) … Lara Di-Luo … Reviews … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Diplomacy/International Relations … …

… Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. … On September 2, 1998, the … entered by an international tribunal. … John B. Quigley … Rwanda … Africa … International Organizations … Genocide … Justice …

… directly challenged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies and yet have not been suppressed by force. It’s tempting to … last November as the leader of the Politburo’s powerful Standing Committee. But we shouldn’t make too much of Jiang’s … Jeffery N. Wasserstrom … History News Service … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Global/Transnational … China … Hong Kong … …

… Liberation War, a short-lived conflict between India and Pakistan that established the People’s Republic of … Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.     … December 16, 1971 … conflict between India and Pakistan. … Eric A. Strahorn … South Asia … India … Pakistan … Military/War/Peace … The …

… In geologic years, the Galapagos Islands are infants. Located on the perpetually moving Nazca tectonic plate, the islands were formed through repeated volcanic activity. Layer … populations on the islands. … David Bernstein … Pacific … South & Central America … Environment … Animals … Science & …

… bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The blast, fire and radiation killed 140,000 people. Many others were scarred and injured for life. Most of the bomb's victims were women, … States … Japan … Nuclear Power & Weapons … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Not Everyone Wanted to Bomb Hiroshima …

… Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Audio production by Paul … team includes: Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and David Steigerwald; Managing Editors Cameron Givens, … … United States … World War II / WWII … Japan … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Bombing Hiroshima …

… had ruled Japan since 1600. The collapse of the Tokugawa and handover to the new Meiji regime was swift and largely … more than 500 years. … Tristan Grunow … Japan … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Colonialism/Imperialism … Indigenous …

… surrendered on August 13, 1521. The war cost tens of thousands of lives, civilian and warrior alike. It was a war of atrocity, massacre, and … … Colonialism/Imperialism … Mexico … Native America … South & Central America … Indigenous Communities … …

… They are approximately 1.2 million people, some 800,000 in and around Miami, some 80,000 in New Jersey's New York City suburbs, and the rest scattered, mostly in large cities. Their … Diplomacy/International Relations … United States … Cuba … South & Central America … Caribbean … Cuba in Focus–Again …

… What has it taught him? That determination succeeds and weakness fails. In a recent speech to the Veterans of … democracy to Iraq, just as they did to nations in Europe and Asia in the years following World War II. But we must … … Joseph J. Gonzalez … History News Service … Cuba … South & Central America … Caribbean … …

… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of … trade” in pursuit of vast profits. China lost the battle and opium continued to flow. But by the First World War … Venkatesh … Reviews … Drugs/Drug Policy … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Global/Transnational … …

… anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen student movement and its brutal crackdown made major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for … … Denise Y. Ho … Connecting History … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Civil/Human Rights … Hong Kong … China … …

… This lesson plan focuses on the genocide in Rwanda that occurred in 1994 when the Hutu government targeted the Tutsi population and Hutu moderates who were against the government. Students … Questions Synthesis Class Discussion Lesson Materials: … Africa … World History since 1500 … War & Peace … The …

… an exciting new collaboration that marries photographs and words to bring Black history to life. Picturing Black … Images Dawn Chitty, (Ed.D.) | Director of Education at the African American Civil War Museum Daniela Edmeier … The last, this image is an image of a school in Edisto, South Carolina. And the next image is a similar image of a …

… One hundred and fifty years ago today, April 12, 1861, Edmund Ruffin … the Federal military installation in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor.  Almost ceremonially it began the … historian, "did more for the negro in 250 years than African freedom had done since the building of the …

… the Charleston harbor, past Confederate fortifications, and to the Union fleet blockading the city. The architect of … of the 19th century. Smalls was born enslaved in Beaufort, South Carolina at 511 Prince Street in 1839. His mother was … undermine Reconstruction and the political power of African Americans. Unable to overcome entrenched Republican …

… as a flood of states passed their own suffrage amendments and World War I loomed. However, not all women were … moral superiority, many white women, particularly in the south, were worried that providing all women the right to … legislation was blocked by Democratic legislators from the south who dominated the politics of the region since the end …

… sanctions. Trump has tightened embargoes on North Korea and Iran , frozen the assets of Venezuelan leaders, and … Ethiopia , a member of the League and one of the few African nations to have escaped previous European … . The apartheid policy of the white minority government of South Africa became an early target. For a transnational …

… laws in the U.S. have disproportionately affected the African American community. Students will be introduced to … before moving into a short lecture on the origins and history of these laws in the U.S. after the Civil War … disenfranchisement and its disproportionate effects on African Americans. To wrap up the lesson, students will …

… the "Big Dry," as they're calling it. The drop in rainfall and river flows has been most severe in the southern and eastern states (Victoria, New South Wales, … in North America, 48% in Asia, 39% in Europe, and 38% in Africa. "Water Dreamers" Yet, for all the variability built …

… "Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white kids came down and saved the day." -Julian Bond Thus goes the traditional narrative of the African American civil rights movement.  As most school … King inspired Northern white liberal college kids, who went South and participated in grassroots organizing, and by the …

… the nineteenth centuries, the labor of millions of enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political rulers in Europe, West Africa, and Atlantic societies. Simultaneously, formerly …

… This year, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice—the nation’s first memorial to the over 4,000 African American victims of lynching—opened in Montgomery, …   Dr. Steven Conn  Yeah.   Dr. Hasan Jeffries  You look at South Carolina, for example, the NAACP had a ongoing …