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November 2, 2022
Zoot Suits and Fashion-Based Racism in America
The Zoot Suit was a fashion trend to exaggerate movements and gyrations born during the Harlem Renaissance and quickly adopted by minority groups across the country, culminating in the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943.
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October 21, 2022
Brooklyn Bridge History
The Brooklyn Bridge was built between 1870 and 1883 at a cost of $15.5 million or roughly half a billion in today’s currency. It would cost the lives of 27 men and severely injure many more, paralyzing the chief project engineer and bridge designer’s son.
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October 14, 2022
Leopold and Loeb: Ego-Driven Murder
Leopold and Loeb were intelligent sons of wealthy families in Chicago but decided to use their intellligence to commit a self-described “perfect crime.” Far from perfect, the murder of Bobby Franks was quickly solved, leading to confessions by Leopold and Loeb.
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October 11, 2022
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Carpetbaggers and scalawags were both publicly criticized in the south for their part in the post Civil War reconstruction era. Carpetbaggers were northern opportunists looking to fill the slave labor gap and Scalawags were southern whites that supported civil rights.
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October 5, 2022
Yellow Journalism: History of Scare Tactics in News and Tabloids
Yellow Journalism is the strategy deployed by tabloid news magazines and more, Intending to excite public opinion using scare headlines of minor news events, the reliance on pseudoscience data and testimonies from questionable sources.
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October 3, 2022
Wilmot Proviso: Bill to Prohibit Slavery’s Westward Expansion
The Wilmot Proviso was a bill that failed to become law prohibiting slavery in new U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River. Despite its three-time failure to pass, It did successfully provoke a nationwide debate over slavery.
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September 28, 2022
Dred Scott Decision
In March of 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the Dred Scott case of slavery status within free-states, citing African American exclusion from the Constitution and its unalienable rights.
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