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Sally has master's degrees in science and journalism, is fascinated to a degree in most things. Always something to learn.

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Race & History

If you don't know what happened yesterday, you can't understand what's happening today. Of particular importance with race issues, historical events mold and define how people feel and act today. They also inform us of bridges to be built and breaches to be mended.

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 The New Jim Crow - A Review

How many aspects of the system of Jim Crow segregation have reappeared with the so-called "War on Drugs."

May 9, 2012 – Steven Halpern

Moderates in the Civil Rights Movement: A Different Perspective

Timothy Tyson's "Blood Done Sign My Name" details the African American struggle for rights in Oxford, NC after the murder of Henry Marrow in 1970.

Mar 12, 2012 – Zulay Perez

Gypsy Holocaust: The Debate Over Naming the (Baro) Porajmos

During the late 1930s and 1940s a Final Solution was executed by the Nazi Regime against the Roma and Gypsies. Naming this horror has proved problematic.

Nov 25, 2011 – Jo Harrington

Porajmos: The Forgotten Genocide of the European Gypsies

An estimated 80% of the population of Roma, Gypsies and other travellers in Europe were executed between 1936-1945. The history books barely mention it.

Nov 23, 2011 – Jo Harrington

Black Is a Color—Not a Race

For years African Americans have struggled to shed stereotypes, but use of the word Black serves as a stifling pejorative.

Oct 22, 2011 – Demi A. Phillips

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