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Wildflower Sculpture Park

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Ken Dowell

South Mountain Reservation, Essex County, N.J. Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged art, Essex County, sculpture, sculpture parks, South Mountain Reservation, Wildflower Sculpture Park | 7 Comments

2021 Movies Reviewed in Five Words or Less

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Ken Dowell

My favorites, and a couple clunkers. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belfast, film, Jockey, movie reviews, movies, Power of the Dog, Summer of Soul | 3 Comments

The Best Books I Read in 2021

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Ken Dowell

Starting with Where the Crawdads Sing Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Book reviews, books, Boom Town, How Beautiful We Were, novels, Shuggie Bain, The Falcon Thief, Where the Crawdads Sing | 7 Comments

Operation Sojourner: Spies in the Pews

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Ken Dowell

How the INS infiltrated the Santuary Movement Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Alan C. Nelson, El Salvador, Guatemala, history, immigrants, INS, James Fike, Jesus Cruz, Operation Sojourner, refugees, Sanctuary Movement, Southside Presbyterian Church | 2 Comments

It All Started at a Little Church in Tucson

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The Sanctuary Movement of the 1980’s Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Arizona, El Salvador, Guatamala, immigrants, James A. Corbett, refugees, Sanctuary Movement, Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson | 6 Comments

1980: Good Times/Bad Times for Those Seeking Asylum in the U.S.

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Central Americans and U.S. refugee policy Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Central America, El Salvador, Guatamala, history, Refugee Act of 1920, refugees, Ronald Reagan | 3 Comments

‘There are the right kind of boat people, it seems, and the wrong kind’

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Ken Dowell

America’s response to the Haitian boat people Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged boat people, Haiti, Haitian refugees, history, immigration, racism, refugees | 13 Comments

FDR’s Black Eye

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Ken Dowell

How we closed the door on German Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Franklin Delano roosevelt, history, Holocaust, refugees, Wagner-Rogers Bill, World War II | 7 Comments

Ethnocentrism and the Roaring Twenties

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The creation of immigration quotas. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1920's, Dillingham Commission, Emergency Quota Act of 1921, history, immigrants, Immigration Act of 1924, immigration quotas, Immigration Restriction League, national origins, nativism | 8 Comments

Lange/Liu: Images of the Depression

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Ken Dowell

From Hung Liu exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History | Tagged art, deression, Dorothea Lange, history, Hung Liu, museums, National Portrait Gallery, painting | 3 Comments

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