PBS and Boston Globe June 22, 2016 A medical breakthrough: inoculation was introduced to America by a black person in 1721 Inoculation was introduced to America by a slave Few details are known about the birth of Onesimus, but it Read More …
July 21, 2016 PBS and mental floss A forgotten culture: 1 in 4 Cowboys were black and the Lone Ranger was black. One in four cowboys was Black, despite the stories told in popular books and movies. In fact, it’s Read More …
America’s Freedom Fighters June 13, 2016 Orlando Terrorist’s behavior on September 11, 2001 Islamic extremist Omar Mateen murdered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida late Saturday night and as time goes by, we are learning some alarming Read More …
BBC News June 8, 2016 When Martin Luther King Jr’s assassin fled to London The shooting of Martin Luther King Jr is one of the most infamous murders in American history. For two months, the FBI scoured America to find Read More …
Automotive News June 6, 2016 Family Ties: The dynasties of the auto industry Crain Communications Inc., the family-owned company that publishes Automotive News, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. As part of our commemoration, this section spotlights the family businesses Read More …
Walter Reuther on the UAW & Collective Bargaining (1958) 50th Anniversary of MLK’s March on Washington – Walter Reuther’s Speech .
Martin Luther King and on his right is Rabbi Joachim Prinz. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Washington DC August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King The Three Evils of Society Martin Luther King, “Why I Am Opposed to the Read More …
75th Anniversary of the FLINT SIT DOWN STRIKE – a UAW documentary The Great Sit-Down – Yesterday’s Witness in America Flint Sitdown Strike — Part 1 Flint Sitdown Strike — Part 2 .
CNN Money October 30, 2015 Great Depression: 170,000 incredible images now online In the 1930s, the U.S. government sent photographers to all the states to capture America “at her most vulnerable.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s team wanted a record of Read More …
AutoBlog.com March 12, 2015 5 largest manufacturing strikes in United Automotive Workers history American made is almost an anachronism now, but good manufacturing jobs drove America’s post-war economic golden age. Fifty years ago, if you held a job on a Read More …