September 22, 1853 - Cecil Rhodes: "Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life." When Rhodes died in 1902, his fortune was used to establish the Rhodes Scholarship which brings especially gifted students from … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay49: The Peekskill Riots
Paul Robeson sing the national anthem with his audience via YouTube screen-grab September 4, 1949 - The Peekskill Riots In early summer 1949, famous Black singer-actor Paul Robeson, with other musicians Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, announced an open-air concert in … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: The Portland Attacks, The Vanport Flood, And A Personal Remembrance
May 31, 1948- The Vanport Flood You probably think of Portland as a pocket of liberalism, the eccentric sister to Seattle and San Francisco. Portland's whiteness is often treated as a joke, but its lack of diversity is very real. In a city of nearly one million, only six … [Read more...]
