Day: January 25, 2012

  • Yellow Rose of Texas The Handbook of Texas Online Texas State Historical Association 2012-01-21 Jeffrey D. Dunn James Lutzweiler “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” one of the iconic songs of modern Texas and a popular traditional American tune, has experienced several transformations of its lyrics and periodic revivals in popularity since its appearance in the…

  • 50 African Americans Who Forever Changed Academia Online College 2012-01-24 Black History Month is celebrated every February as a time to recognize and honor African-Americans who made great contributions to some aspect of life in this country. Major figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are often honored, but many lesser-known men and…

  • It’s been a good year for Bend’s MOsley WOtta.  The hip-hop group played shows around the state, opening for acts such as Ice Cube and Tricky.  The band plans to close out this year with a New Year’s Eve show in Bend. That’s where the band will unveil its third official release, titled Amalgum X.…

  • The Brazilian system of racial classification Ethnic and Racial Studies Published Online: 2011-12-05 6 pages DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.632022 Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães, Professor of Sociology Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Michael Banton’s text belongs to the long tradition of European social sciences which rejects the conceptual use of the lerm ‘race’ in sociological analyses. His work…

  • President Alexandre Pétion: Founder of Agrarian Democracy in Haiti and Pioneer of Pan-Americanism Phylon (1940-1956) Volume 2, Number 3 (Third Quarter, 1941) pages 205-213 Dantès Bellegarde (1877-1966) [Biography in French] The history of Haiti is dominated by four great men who fought and worked for its independence: Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines, Christophe and Pétion. Toussaint is the…