history

Past politicians, legislation and political movements have changed the course of history in ways both big and small. Welcome to our blast to the past.

Can We Please Talk About Tulsa?
The African-American community has always struggled with prospering in business. From slavery to police brutality, blacks have never succeeded in that field. However, it is a shame for blacks to have found power and even freedom.
By shayna4 years ago in The Swamp
Mahatma Gandhi Biography
Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in 1869, in Porbandar, India. Mohandas was from the social cast of tradesmen. His mother was illiterate, but her common sense and religious devotion had a lasting impact on Gandhi’s character. As a youngster, Mohandas was a good student, but the shy young boy displayed no signs of leadership. On the death of his father, Mohandas travelled to England to gain a degree in law. He became involved with the Vegetarian Society and was once asked to translate the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. This classic of Hindu literature awakened in Gandhi a sense of pride in the Indian scriptures, of which the Gita was the pearl.
By pardum4 years ago in The Swamp
Who Revealed The Hiding Place Of Anne Frank's Family?
The hiding place behind the bookcase. It's a story that has lasted 100 years. Nazi Germany had invaded countries to get rid of the Jewish World. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, Jews hid for their lives. The Frank family were among them.
By Jax Wolf4 years ago in The Swamp
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Shivaji Bhonsale I (Marathi pronunciation: [ʃiʋaˑd͡ʒiˑ bʱoˑs(ə)leˑ]; c.19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680[5]), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad.[6]
By AKHIL SENGAR4 years ago in The Swamp
Is Historical Ignorance Ever a Good Thing?
Typically it is supposed that a solid working knowledge of history is a very good thing. It seems obvious to say that those who do not know/understand/appreciate history are doomed to repeat it. I absolutely agree, after all, it is much easier (though still not always easy) to avoid a mistake one has already made, than to avoid one you do not even see coming and, with which, you have no previous experience. Almost everyone I believe would agree that historical knowledge is a very good thing to have. However, is this obvious, and much agreed upon statement, always true? Are there situations where ignorance of historical events would be advantageous versus having such knowledge? The transgenerational trauma hypothesis posits that for historically traumatic events it is not only the generation that lives through them that suffers, but also subsequent generations. The trauma is "passed down" to future generations and the suffering associated with that event continues to traumatize those that were never directly impacted by the originally triggering traumatic event. Slavery and the holocaust are two oft cited examples. I do not dispute that transgenerational trauma is real, and continues to effect those that are descendants of the original peoples involved in those historical tragedies. But, what about, less well remembered events? Events that were very much traumatic and historically impactful, but about which much less is known or remembered today.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in The Swamp
THEODORE JOHN KACZYNSKI
Theodore John Kaczynski was a domestic terrorist from 1978–1995 within the United States that the world would come to call him the Unabomber. This name was given to him by a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led task force in 1979 named after “University and Airline Bombing” after a homemade bombing attack on a Chicago university (FBI 2021). This manhunt would go on for another two decades, with the task force growing to over 150 members and paving the way towards Forensic Linguistics.
By The Clarkbar844 years ago in The Swamp
Presidents' Day
Presidents' Day is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February; Presidents' Day 2022 will occur on Monday, February 21. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents' Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents' Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, past and present.
By Raneem tarraf4 years ago in The Swamp
Sardar Bhagat Singh Biography
Bhagat Singh (September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary[9] who participated in the murder of a junior British police officer and an Indian head constable in mistaken retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist.[10] He also took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which—on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers—turned him into a household name in Punjab region, and after his execution at age 23 into a martyr and folk hero in Northern India.[11] Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism,[12][13][14][15][16] he electrified a growing militancy in India in the 1930s, and prompted urgent introspection within the Indian National Congress's nonviolent but eventually successful campaign for India's independence.[17]
By dev4 years ago in The Swamp
Biography: Tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh was born on September 27, 1907, in a Sikh family in Punjab's KhatkarKalan village. His grandfather Arjan Singh, father Kishan Singh and uncle Ajit Singh, were all active in the freedom struggle.
By anuj4 years ago in The Swamp
Indira Gandhi Biography
Indira Gandhi, as Prime Minister, was seen as ferocious, weak and extraordinary with the centralization of power. From 1975 to 1977, she placed an emergency in the country to suppress the political opposition. India gained popularity in South Asia with major economic, military and political changes under her leadership. Indira Gandhi was elected by the India Today Magazine in 2001 as the world's greatest Prime Minister. In 1999, BBC called her the "Woman of the Millennium."
By anuj4 years ago in The Swamp
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, and the uncertain future of American History
To many African-Americans, the kind of racist flex being unleashed against the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times journalist, and creator of The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, is by no means our first rodeo.
By Ice Blerd Ben4 years ago in The Swamp
The dystopia of a perfect society
While none of my closest relatives were directly influenced by the Holocaust (my paternal grandparents' families were already in the U.S. by 1932, raising them as small children) I nevertheless feel a deep connection towards those who suffered. Not only am I Jewish (technically 1/2 Jewish through my father's side, but I was able to have a Bat Mitzvah) I am also disabled in a way that mirrors the experiences mentally ill person. Being the latter truly makes me disturbed by the way they treated those who didn't fit in the "perfect specimen" box the Nazis strictly enforced.
By Jennifer Rose4 years ago in The Swamp