Reading Time: 3 Minutes and 23 seconds One of the many uses for molasses is its ability to be fermented to produce ethanol. Ethanol is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages and a key component in Munitions. The United States Industrial Alcohol Company (USIA), was a big buyer and seller of molasses. USIA had a […]
Month: November 2019
A History of Blackface
Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by nonblack performers to represent a caricature of a black person. The blackface tradition began in American theatres around 1830. Early white performers in Blackface used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to darken their skin and exaggerate their lips. Actors also wore wooly […]
The My Lai Massacre
Reading time: 5 minutes and 8 seconds It was called the “most shocking episode of the Vietnam War.” Given how the Vietnam Wat turned out for the United States, that is saying a lot. This week we will discuss the My Lai Mai Massacre, one of the most significant documented war crimes in history. During […]
The failed passage of the ERA Amendment
Reading time: 4 minutes and 40 seconds “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” The above passage is the proposed amendment that has yet to be ratified; The amendment is better known as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). […]
