Before the 17th century, humans did not identify according to race. Humans identified according to tribal associations and nation state affiliations. The works of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach started the spark that would change the world’s thinking about race. Blumenbach studied Craniometry. In 1779, in his work, he divided the human species into five races. These […]
Month: February 2021
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The Debauchery of the Harding Administration
Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States. His Presidency was pretty nondescript and short due to him dying of a heart attack two years into his term. Harding’s Presidency is more known for the scandals, affairs and tomfoolery that went on during his term. During Harding’s Presidential Campaign, The New York […]
The Black General Motors
Charles “Rich” Richard Patterson (C.R.), was born a slave in 1833 on a Virginia plantation. It’s unclear how he left the plantation, but he ended up in Greenfield, Ohio, where an Underground Railroad station existed. C.R. learned blacksmithing in Greenfield. He later worked as a foreperson for a carriage making company named J.P. Lowe & […]
Who was the real Betty Boop?
Esther Lee Jones, also known as Baby Esther or Lil Esther, was a child entertainer from Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s. She was a trained scat singer, dancer and acrobat. Esther’s career began when she won first prize in a Charleston contest at six. A theatre manager named Lou Bolton saw her performance and took […]
