Figures
Nikki Giovanni
When you think of poets who have shaped American literature and social consciousness, Nikki Giovanni stands as a towering figure whose words have not just described the world, but actively worked to change it. Her poetry is more than art—it's a revolution wrapped in verse, a powerful commentary on Black experience, feminism, and human resilience.
By Jack of All Timesabout a year ago in History
Syrian dissident pioneer says objective is to 'oust' Assad system
The objective of Syria's revolutionary alliance, as it wrests one more significant city from government control this week, is eventually to oust tyrant President Bashar al-Assad, as per Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the assailant head of the principal bunch driving the nation's furnished opposition.In a selective meeting with CNN, Jolani left most likely that the desires of Hayat Tahrir Al-Hoax (HTS) - a gathering that was framed out of a previous al Qaeda partner - aren't anything not as much as stopping the Assad system. In his first plunk down media interview in quite a while, at an undisclosed area in Syria, he talked about plans to make an administration in view of foundations and a "board picked by individuals."
By Parmesh Patilabout a year ago in History
Rescuing Humanity
German industrialist Oskar Schindler is well known nowadays (much obliged to a 1993 Steven Spielberg motion picture) for sparing the lives of more than 1,000 of his Jewish workers amid the Holocaust. In any case, Schindler’s story and inclusion in the Nazi party is more complex than its Hollywood portrayal.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
The Diplomat’s Dual Life
The Chevalier d’Éon was born Charles d'Eon de Beaumont on October 5, 1728, and would go on to be a French trooper, spy, ambassador and in mid-life, a lady named Charlotte. D’Eon’s military abuses in the Seven Years’ War, part in arranging the Paris Peace Arrangement, and brave benefit as a spy for French Ruler Louis XV was dominated by theory around their gender.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Mystery in the Mountains
On January 23, 1959, 10 explorers set out for a winter journey through Russia’s Ural Mountains. One turned back after a few days for restorative reasons, but the other nine proceeded along their course. They had arranged to send a message back to their sports club almost three weeks after taking off; so when the club didn’t listen from them by February 20, a look party set out to discover the hikers.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Confucianism or Catholicism?
Summary: “The Book of Fish” is a historical period Korean drama film, set during the 1800s, and released in 2021. It is about the persecution of Catholics in Joseon and specifically about a scholar who was exiled for teaching the “evil learning” from the Westerners. The film is based on a preface to “The Book of Fish” written by CHUN Yak-jeon.
By Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner)about a year ago in History
The Road to Dictatorship
On November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler entered a lager corridor in Munich and terminated his gun at the ceiling, the to begin with step in his arranged topple of Germany’s majority rule government. The overthrow endeavor, to be known as the Lager Lobby Putsch, failed out nearly instantly. Hitler was captured and detained, a few of his devotees were slaughtered, and the Nazi Party was banned.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Katharine Wright: The Silent Engine
More than a century after making the to begin with controlled, maintained flights of a heavier-than-air flying machine, Wilbur and Orville Wright stay family names and key figures in the account of early 20th-century American advancement and inventiveness. But the Wright Brothers didn’t basically float over the sandy shorelines encompassing Kitty Peddle, North Carolina and into the history books.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Shakespeare’s Secret Legacy
In spite of the fact that it can be troublesome to quality the start of a exact word to a particular individual, the Oxford English Lexicon credits William Shakespeare with the first-use citations of around 1,600 words—from “bedazzle” to “fashionable” to “watchdog”—more than by any other author. The ace of pleasantry too contributed handfuls of other expressions that stay a portion of our ordinary dialect. In a few cases, Shakespeare may have coined the terms; in others he may have been the to begin with to put them into the composed record.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Surviving the Killing Fields
Dith Pran was a Cambodian photojournalist known for uncovering the repulsions of life beneath Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge. He survived four and a half a long time of constrained labor and beatings, vowing that if he ever gotten away, he would tell the world almost the violence.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Aeschylus
Aeschylus, frequently acknowledged as the progenitor of Greek tragedy, holds a crucial position in the annals of literature and drama. Born circa 525 BCE in Eleusis, close to Athens, Aeschylus was a trailblazer who transformed the emerging art of tragedy into a refined and impactful means of narrative expression. His writings not only shaped the works of his peers but also established the groundwork for subsequent playwrights such as Sophocles and Euripides.
By A Históriaabout a year ago in History
