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… idea of the "modern" War on Drugs waged by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and 1980s.  As we will see, … heroin or later on Mexico or Afghanistan or cocaine from South America. I think that's one really big reason for an … communist or leftist insurgencies in places like Asia and Africa and Latin America—some of them do turn toward greater …

… lives of the "greatest generation" in two. On the one hand, American men were upset at Friedan's suggestion that … the experiences of working class women of any race, and African American women of any class. At the beginning of her … by dismissing the sixty-four percent of middle class African American women workers, "Friedan missed the …

… a haphazard operation, but rather a skilled practice. A Neanderthal cave discovered above the Rhône River, for … evidence of Homo sapien s fishing comes from Central Africa where catfish were captured using barbed spears, a … takeaway. For instance, Fagan notes that “Central and southern China offer a great contrast to the experience of …

… the long history of the ERA with hosts Jessica Blissit and Brenna Miller as they speak with three historians: … way of looking at it is also through the lens of race and African American support for the ERA. For a long time, in … or anti-lynching legislation, and actually allied with Southern senators who were white supremacists. And I think …

… by Colin Woodard, David Cordingly's Under the Black Flag and Ed Kritzler's Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean have all … instead of the Muslim Barbary pirates of North Africa famous to students of American history from the … of Portugal actually led Crusader-style campaigns to North Africa. That being said this was also a century which saw …

… debates about how to achieve moral consistency in the fight and where to use federal government powers. A common myth … the Nazis raised questions about racial tensions and Southern segregation. How can we fight for democracy, it was … Sherman Dorn teaches history at the University of South Florida and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… by bringing to light Yale’s involvement with holding and trading slaves in the nineteenth century. Many of Yale’s … and Mary, proposed the gradual abolition of slavery in the South. The power of the idea of liberty was strong and could … required northerners to return fugitive slaves to their southern owners, orators at Yale, Harvard and Brown argued …

… Perry recently denied any interest in being vice president, and that’s understandable.  To be taken seriously, a … projects, and bilateral commissions with Russia, Egypt and South Africa.   Perry's own predecessor as Texas governor, George …

… Last week, Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs joined the more than 180 players who … to the minor leagues at Little Rock, making him the first African-American ballplayer in Arkansas history. There, … has become the convenient excuse for not promoting African Americans, whether in the ranks of the players or of …

… On August 6, 1962, the island of Jamaica became an independent nation, making it the … intensified in the 1900s. Notably, Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey appealed for improved living … the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League in Kingston in 1914. Though …

… Reagan’s great aspiration seems far off today. Both Russia and the United States hold thousands of nuclear weapons … Diplomacy among the United States, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea and North Korea is setting a path toward … it comes to dealing with Iran. Great danger also exists in South Asia with nuclear weapons owned by rivals India and …

… Church has been buffeted by a series of sexual abuse scandals. High-profile investigative reports have uncovered … Zealand, Canada, and countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. What makes the Catholic Church such a rife … happened in Irish convents and monasteries you read about South America or Malta, Germany, it's always the same story …

… Leticia Wiggins interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch on the contentious yet … college football and basketball are disproportionately African American, and so you do have an awful lot of African … was established, when it was in the constitutions of southern states, when there wasn't a single elected official …

… The Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq , centered in the central and northern part of the country, is a place where leaders … Islamic dynasty, one that would rule territories in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Shi'is continue to decry this Battle of … city. Map of Mesopotamia. Basra was in the coastal south, and this was where the population was—and still …

… interventions overseas, imprisoned millions of individuals, and stigmatized inner city communities--all without … alcohol that has been a part of Anglo-American culture and African culture and Latin-American culture, all, pretty … most people, although there was certainly some use in the Southwest. And also it was available through pharmacies, as …

… inflexibility put constant downward pressure on prices and wages, and the first large waves of immigrants from … Strike reached from coast to coast and moved even into the South. By the time the unrest cooled, at least 80,000 … immigrant workforce into a “company town” on Chicago’s south end. Pullman owned the houses, the opera house, the …

… interviews historian Alice Conklin about the history and mass appeal of socialism in France . ( Image Source ) … … Civilize the Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa 1895 to 1930." Her new book is scheduled for release … about second generation workers who've come in from North Africa, former colonies often.   Patrick Potyondy   and …

… Department of History Panelists: Maysan Haydar, Lecturer and Graduate Student, Department of History Treva Lindsey, … The migration is an effect. The processing at the southern border isn't enough to handle the thousands … is particularly against newly arrived immigrants and African Americans in particular, competing for jobs. There's …

… Britain. In the 19th century, Britain believed itself to be and acted as if it were the world's single great power and …   The British did not suffer reverses until the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902 when the descendants of Dutch …

…   Why the fuss about 1862? Because the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act, signed by Lincoln in the midst of the Civil … not an admissions factor. Because 1890 was the peak of the South’s post-Civil War Jim Crow segregation, a substitute … (1886), Savannah (Georgia) State University (1890), and Southern (Louisiana) University (1881).   It is commonly …

… to Mecca, is a central ritual of the Muslim faith and one of the largest and oldest gatherings of people in … and refugees  from  Afghanistan ,  the Middle East , and  Africa . In response to their integration into global hajj … powers had colonized much of Asia and almost all of Africa, and brought most of the world’s Muslims under …

… battled over the party’s stance on the Vietnam War. And in 1980, the Republicans, for the first time, inserted … State colleague Albert Gore, Sr., perhaps the last great Southern populist; and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy, … Kennedy’s 1960 selection of Lyndon Johnson, a moderate Southern Protestant, is the classic example. The last two …

… products sold in foreign markets. Central banks in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan had recently intervened in currency markets to … low-wage China, they are more likely to go to lower wage Southeast Asia than they are to return the United States. …

… An eerie silence fell over the world’s cities and towns this spring, as governments ordered their citizens … have been invented and spread across the land. Throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America the old poison is still … which killed half the population of Eurasia and northern Africa. Ground zero back then was the city of …