Tag: What It Means to Be American

  • American Segregation Started Long Before the Civil War What It Means to Be American: A National Conversation Hosted by The Smithsonian’s and Zócalo Public Square 2016-09-12 Nicholas Guyatt, University Lecturer in American History Cambridge University How the Founders’ Revolutionary Ideology Laid the Groundwork Segregation remains an intractable force in American life, more than 60 years…

  • From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again What It Means to Be American: Hosted by The Smithsonian and Zócalo Public Square 2015-08-31 Laua Kina, Vincent de Paul Professor of Art, Media, & Design DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Kibei Nisei, 30 x 45 inches Oil on canvas (2012) A Painter Follows the Currents of Her Family…