L.A. Gear started in 1983, When Robert Greenberg picked up the hang 10 license of shoe skates. Once he realized that it was the shoes that held the most promise, Greenberg began focusing on shoes instead of skates, which led to the birth of the L.A. gear brand. L.A. Gear entered the athletic shoe market […]
Month: June 2020
Black Codes
The Black Codes were laws governing the conduct of free African Americans. Black Codes existed before the Civil War, in fact many northern states had them. In 1832, James Kent wrote that “in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to political privileges, between free white persons and free coloured persons […]
Back to the Future: 1919
Marty: Hey Doc, 2020 sucks! Lets fire up the Delorean and go back in time? Doc: Sure, Marty! Im not doing much of anything these days. The job market is hard for an independent inventor/scientist in 2020. Nobody has money to buy trinkets from me. What year would you like to visit? Marty: I don’t […]
A primer on Race riot history in America
We define police brutality as a civil rights violation where officers exercise undue or excessive force against a civilian. This includes physical or verbal harassment, physical or mental injury, property damage, and death. The first use of the term police brutality in the American Press was in 1872, when the Chicago Tribune reported the beating […]
The NFL’s mishandling of Colin Kaepernick and Police brutality issue
In 2016 Colin Kaepernick was a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Kaepernick was coming off three surgeries, one to his thumb, knee and season ending shoulder surgery. Prior to this season, Kaepernick led the 49ers to the super bowl in 2013 and the NFC championship in 2014. Injuries and a few down seasons […]
