Category Archives: History

Is This the Most Discriminatory Act of Congress Ever?

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Continue reading →

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Morality, Sexism or Racism? The Page Act of 1875

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Slamming the door on Asian women Continue reading →

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‘I Know Nothing.’ The Politics of Xenophobia in the 19th Century

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The rise and fall of the Know-Nothings Continue reading →

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The Forty-Eighters: Immigrants for Social Justice

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Ken Dowell

German immigrant abolitionists. Continue reading →

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Welcoming With One Open Arm

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Americans’ mixed reaction to refugees and immigrants Continue reading →

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Casa del Alabado

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Museum of Pre Columbian art in Quito Continue reading →

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War, Weed and Rock n’ Roll: Portrait of an Era in Posters

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Freak Power at the Poster House Continue reading →

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Once a Factory, Once a Prison, Now It’s Belle Isle

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Ken Dowell

James River Park, Richmond, Va. Continue reading →

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Impeached in America: Samuel B. Kent

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Ken Dowell

He called himself ‘King Kent.’ Now he’s known as the ‘sex judge.’ Continue reading →

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Impeached in America: Harry Claiborne

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The story of a federal judge, an FBI agent and a brothel owner. Continue reading →

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