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Katherine Johnson: The Girl Who Loved to Count

Via: jasper2529 • History & Sociology • 22 Comments • 6 years ago

“I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed … anything that could be counted, I did.” So said Katherine Johnson,...

The Tin Can Sailors Of Taffy 3 - The Battle Of Samar - The Epic Naval Battle Of WWII

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 36 Comments • 6 years ago

This is a repost of an article from 4 years ago. Naval experts call it the greatest mismatch in U.S. Naval history. The small fleet of Taffy 3 made up of destroyers, destroyer escorts and baby...

He took a DNA test in search of his birth father — and found a daughter instead

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 6 years ago

By Elizabeth Chuck and Shako Liu IRVINE, Calif. — Ted Wood, a Sacramento, California, attorney, signed up for Ancestry in 2013, hoping to find his father. Wood, 50, had met his birth mother...

Back in Omar's district, police deal with gangs, relations with tight-lipped Somali community

Via: vic-eldred • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 6 years ago

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - In the dead of the cold, late night on Tuesday, a young Somali man was shot in the hip. Someone took him to the local trauma center, left him there, and drove off. The man...

The Lawless Border With Canada Was Once America’s Main Security Concern

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 30 Comments • 6 years ago

Near the westernmost point of the border between the United States and Canada, the Peace Arch straddles the world’s longest undefended international boundary. The inscription atop the monument...

The Great Wall of Jordan: How the US Wants to Keep the Islamic State Out

Via: krishna • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 6 years ago

[Note: I am seeding this as background to the "border wall" discussion-- it was published in 2016] King Abdullah II of Jordan is meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House...

1919

By: johnrussell • History & Sociology • 11 Comments • 6 years ago

100 years ago is far enough in the past to represent "long ago", but not so long as to be ancient history. 100 years seems to be a time that almost within our reach, but still well before "our...

BATTLE OF HAYES POND: THE DAY LUMBEES RAN THE KLAN OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 35 Comments • 6 years ago

The Battle of Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and the Lumbee Indians at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958....

Aging isn't a curse. But ageism is a serious global problem.

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • 6 years ago

Kentucky in the Civil War - Nancy's Fire, Elizabethtown, KY

Via: dowser • History & Sociology • 47 Comments • 7 years ago

My great-great grandmother, Nancy Ann Edlin Trumbo was a full-blooded Cherokee, whose family escaped The Place Where They Cried(what we call The Trail of Tears). Both of her parents, Hannah...

The Home Front During WW2

By: buzz-of-the-orient • History & Sociology • 14 Comments • 7 years ago

The Home Front During WW2 If you were living during WW2, in which case you would have to be at least 73 years old, what do you remember from those days? I was born in January of 1937,...

From sperm donor to 'Dad': When strangers with shared DNA become a family

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 7 years ago

By Elizabeth Chuck When Peter Ellenstein goes out to dinner with his children, who range in age from 17 to 30, the meals are raucous, and there is always a lot of catching up to do —...

'How to get a husband': Cringeworthy 1950s dating article advises women to 'cry softly in a corner' and 'stumble into a room' to attract eligible men

Via: mocowgirl • History & Sociology • 52 Comments • 7 years ago

A 1958 magazine article advising women on how to attract a partner has surfaced on the internet, triggering a frenzy across social media. Titled '129 Ways to Get a Husband', the feature in...

Remembrance

By: vic-eldred • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • 7 years ago

The President is on his way to Paris, France to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on November 11th. That war ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918....

Hoping to cash in on the Mega Millions jackpot? Here's why winning isn't always a good thing

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 60 Comments • 7 years ago

Winning the $970 million Mega Millions jackpot may sound like a dream come true. But if you purchase a lottery ticket, buyer beware: Coming into that much wealth can easily become a...

The Elephant and The Jackass (Donkey)How did the Republican and Democratic Parties Get Their Animal Symbols?

Via: robert-in-ohio • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • 7 years ago

In U.S. politics, the Democratic Party has been represented by a donkey and the Republican Party by an elephant for decades. But few people know how long they've symbolized the two big parties, or...

Old Tyme Arcade games!

By: krishna • History & Sociology • 60 Comments • 7 years ago

OK-- Just to get us started, here are 4 that were popular (mostly early 1980s I believe...???). Anyone played any of these? Other favourites? P.S: If you have the patience watch through to the...

The Hollywood trope that men and women can't be 'just friends' sets both sexes up for failure

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 72 Comments • 7 years ago

The events of the last year — the #MeToo movement and its exposure of rampant sexual harassment in the media and Hollywood , as well as accusations that Supreme Court...

The republic for which it stands

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 7 years ago

The Pledge of Allegiance is creepy. It is, explicitly, a loyalty oath, so that right there is one big check in the creepy column. But it’s worse than that, because this isn’t just a one-time...

Anita Hill: How to Get the Kavanaugh Hearings Right

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 11 Comments • 7 years ago

Anita F. Hill , right, is sworn in to testify before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas by Chairman Joseph Biden in October 1991....

Ani Bundel Miss America 2019 final: The bikinis are gone, but Gretchen Carlson's beauty pageant may not be worth saving

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 16 Comments • 7 years ago

The 92nd Miss America pageant is being held this weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with new leadership and a newly empowered mandate. Over the last ten months, the organization has undergone...

Native Americans Propose Change To Yellowstone Landmark Names

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 4 Comments • 7 years ago

On a cold January day more than a century ago, U.S. troops massacred nearly 200 Piikani people on a Montana river bank. Most were women, children and old folks. "It's hard to imagine," Chief...

Rare WWII Submarine Dog Fight Turns Deadly

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 7 years ago

Image is clickable On February 9, 1945, two submarines are poised to engage in a direct, underwater confrontation. It’s the first - and only - underwater submarine dog fight in recorded...

The 'forgotten' Supreme Court decision and its impact on our politics

Via: vic-eldred • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 7 years ago

Amid the current national debate over immigration policies, racial discrimination, LGBTQ rights, and executive power, the anniversary of an important legal and political dispute that has...

The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 200 Comments • 7 years ago

The Trump administration’s first year of immigration policy has relied on claims that immigrants bring crime into America. President Trump’s latest target is sanctuary cities. “Every day,...

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