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Television Review: The Gilded Age, Rossandra Martinez, Daniela Bedolla Jul 2023

Television Review: The Gilded Age, Rossandra Martinez, Daniela Bedolla

History in the Making

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Woman Warriors: The Fighting Women Of The Woman King And Black Panther, Rossandra Martinez, Daniela Bedolla Jul 2023

Woman Warriors: The Fighting Women Of The Woman King And Black Panther, Rossandra Martinez, Daniela Bedolla

History in the Making

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Infinite Diversity Or Infinite Opportunity: A Look At Star Trek And Its Cultural Influence, Kendra Vaughan Jul 2023

Infinite Diversity Or Infinite Opportunity: A Look At Star Trek And Its Cultural Influence, Kendra Vaughan

History in the Making

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Feminism And The Effects Of Horror Films On The Movement, Brooke Denham Jul 2023

Feminism And The Effects Of Horror Films On The Movement, Brooke Denham

History in the Making

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Student And Youth Sandinistas In Nicaragua, 1979-2018, Viviana Alvarez Rodriguez Jul 2023

Student And Youth Sandinistas In Nicaragua, 1979-2018, Viviana Alvarez Rodriguez

History in the Making

In June 1979, Sandinista forces in Nicaragua successfully overthrew a decades-long multi-generational United States-backed military dictatorship. The vanguard, a diverse coalition of secondary and university students, youth, clergy, and peasants, defeated the highly-trained Guardia Nacional (National Guard) and ended the authoritarian Somoza regime. This paper examines how Carlos Fonseca and other Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) leaders resisted the liberal reformist model inherited by student-youth of the late 1960s to demand a more radical political platform. By bringing a relatively isolated student movement into the masses, this paper seeks to understand how a privileged class of university students became …


Reproductive Justice And The Black Panther Party, Dakota Mancuso Jul 2023

Reproductive Justice And The Black Panther Party, Dakota Mancuso

History in the Making

Despite the multitude of research available on the Black Panther Party (BPP), the group’s widespread social activism programs and their positive effect on the health of communities, is generally understated. These programs, known by the party as “survival programs,” provided a plethora of services meant to increase the standards of living of underserved people, all at no cost. Such programs included a series of People’s Free Medical Clinics, Free Breakfast for Children programs, and several Liberation Schools, including the widely successful Oakland Community School. When looking at these programs within the context of reproductive justice, or the framework of study …


Seeking Social Justice In The City Of Los Angeles: Mary Julia Workman, Jose Luis Castro Padilla Jul 2023

Seeking Social Justice In The City Of Los Angeles: Mary Julia Workman, Jose Luis Castro Padilla

History in the Making

Mary Julia Workman (1871–1964) was a Catholic social activist in the early twentieth century. She was the founder of the Brownson Settlement House in Los Angeles established in 1902. By the twentieth century, during the Progressive Era (1896–1916), Workman led a group of volunteer women to help immigrants, the majority being Mexicans, who were segregated and discriminated against in the growing city of Los Angeles, California. Although Catholic activism was influenced by the Protestant Progressive ideology, Workman provided social justice to the marginalized communities with education, health, and job training. In a time when Americanization efforts imposed by conservative and …


Mixing: A History Of Anti-Miscegenation Laws In The United States, Nyla Provost Jul 2023

Mixing: A History Of Anti-Miscegenation Laws In The United States, Nyla Provost

History in the Making

For over a century, many Americans believed that interracial marriage was unnatural. From the late 1860s through the late 1960s, the American legal system supported the belief that interracial marriages were illegitimate. In this paper, I examine how anti-miscegenation laws promoted and sustained white supremacy, socioeconomic position, and racial caste using antimiscegenation literature, legislation, and court cases. This study is significant because it examines the impact that anti-miscegenation laws had on the United States’ racial caste system and the American justice system.


Introducation And Acknowledgements, Editors Of History In The Making Jul 2023

Introducation And Acknowledgements, Editors Of History In The Making

History in the Making

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Reproductive Abuse And The Sterilization Of Women Of Color, Bshara Alsheikh Jul 2023

Reproductive Abuse And The Sterilization Of Women Of Color, Bshara Alsheikh

History in the Making

Women of color have long suffered targeted and systematic racial discrimination and attempts to control their populations by the state. Well after eugenic rhetoric and policies’ prime in the 1930s and 1940s, and the Civil Rights movements of the mid-century, Chicana, Black, and Indigenous women continued to be victimized by state-sanctioned eugenic policy. This paper examines the way that eugenic rhetoric and policy evolved from the first sterilization laws in the nation passed in California that targeted criminality to later legislation and rhetoric that explicitly targeted racial minorities.


Film Review: Passing, Cecelia Smith Jul 2022

Film Review: Passing, Cecelia Smith

History in the Making

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Film Review: “Cats Are Excellent Conductors Of Electricity”: A Review Of The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain, Brittany Mondragon Jul 2022

Film Review: “Cats Are Excellent Conductors Of Electricity”: A Review Of The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain, Brittany Mondragon

History in the Making

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Book Review: Reckoning With Slavery: Gender, Kinship, And Capitalism In The Early Black Atlantic, Brittany Mondragon Jul 2022

Book Review: Reckoning With Slavery: Gender, Kinship, And Capitalism In The Early Black Atlantic, Brittany Mondragon

History in the Making

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Desmond Tutu (1931–2021), Gary Crethers Jul 2022

Desmond Tutu (1931–2021), Gary Crethers

History in the Making

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Betty White (1922–2021), Ms. Television, George “Matt” Patino Jul 2022

Betty White (1922–2021), Ms. Television, George “Matt” Patino

History in the Making

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Bell Hooks (1952–2021), Cecelia Smith Jul 2022

Bell Hooks (1952–2021), Cecelia Smith

History in the Making

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Introducation And Acknowledgements, Editors Of History In The Making Jul 2022

Introducation And Acknowledgements, Editors Of History In The Making

History in the Making

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Table Of Contents Jul 2022

Table Of Contents

History in the Making

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History In The Making (Volume 15), Csusb - Alpha Delta Nu Chapter Of The Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society Jan 2022

History In The Making (Volume 15), Csusb - Alpha Delta Nu Chapter Of The Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society

History in the Making

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Film Review: I’M No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí), Jose Castro Jul 2021

Film Review: I’M No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí), Jose Castro

History in the Making

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Film Review: Mulan (2020), Josefine Pettit Jul 2021

Film Review: Mulan (2020), Josefine Pettit

History in the Making

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Book Review: China’S Good War: How World War Ii Is Shaping A New Nationalism, Alexandro Serrano, Brittany Mondragon, Jacqulyne R. Anton, Sarah West Jul 2021

Book Review: China’S Good War: How World War Ii Is Shaping A New Nationalism, Alexandro Serrano, Brittany Mondragon, Jacqulyne R. Anton, Sarah West

History in the Making

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A Comparative Review: Obeah, Race And Racism: Caribbean Witchcraft In The English Imagination And Experiments With Power: Obeah And The Remaking Of Religion In Trinidad, Brittany Mondragon Jul 2021

A Comparative Review: Obeah, Race And Racism: Caribbean Witchcraft In The English Imagination And Experiments With Power: Obeah And The Remaking Of Religion In Trinidad, Brittany Mondragon

History in the Making

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World War Ii Photographic Essay: Inherited Private Memories Of World War Ii Through Family Photographs, Brittany Mondragon, Cecelia Smith, Jacqulyne R. Anton, Sarah West Jul 2021

World War Ii Photographic Essay: Inherited Private Memories Of World War Ii Through Family Photographs, Brittany Mondragon, Cecelia Smith, Jacqulyne R. Anton, Sarah West

History in the Making

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A Natural Arch: Ecological Imperialism And The “Crosby Effect” In American Environmental Historiography, Joseph Esparza Jul 2021

A Natural Arch: Ecological Imperialism And The “Crosby Effect” In American Environmental Historiography, Joseph Esparza

History in the Making

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Barbara Johns: A Lasting Legacy In National Statuary, Hannah Knight Jul 2021

Barbara Johns: A Lasting Legacy In National Statuary, Hannah Knight

History in the Making

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Rush Limbaugh, David Swistock, John Nielsen, Devin Gillen Jul 2021

Rush Limbaugh, David Swistock, John Nielsen, Devin Gillen

History in the Making

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“The Great Dissenter”: Ruth Bader Ginsburg And The Fight For Equality, Celeste Nunez, Jacqulyne R. Anton Jul 2021

“The Great Dissenter”: Ruth Bader Ginsburg And The Fight For Equality, Celeste Nunez, Jacqulyne R. Anton

History in the Making

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Sexual Violence Against Women During The Holocaust: Inside And Outside Of Extermination Camps, Jessie Williams Jul 2021

Sexual Violence Against Women During The Holocaust: Inside And Outside Of Extermination Camps, Jessie Williams

History in the Making

The article will explore women’s sexual experiences during the Holocaust, specifically the experience of those who were targeted by the Nazi regime for being “inferior” to the Aryan race. During this period, Jewish women, women categorized as “asocial” despite their German citizenship, women who identified as Romani, and Soviet or Ukrainian women were targets of sexual violence mostly at the hands of members of the Nazi Party.1 However, these women were also assaulted by the partisans who helped hide them, liberating soldiers, and male prisoners because of the vulnerable situations many women found themselves in. This article focuses first on …


From Concubine To Ruler: The Lives Of Emperor Wu Zetian And Empress Dowager, Hannah Ferla Jul 2021

From Concubine To Ruler: The Lives Of Emperor Wu Zetian And Empress Dowager, Hannah Ferla

History in the Making

Emperor Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Cixi were the only two women to hold full control over China. They lived during different periods in Chinese history, but they accomplished the same goal. This paper will begin with the history of these two remarkable women, and it will give some background information on the respective dynasties that they lived under, the Tang (618- 907) and Qing (1644-1900). Then, the reader will learn about their journeys from the concubines of emperors to the most powerful people in China. Next, this article will cover the interesting information about Empress Dowager Cixi that Princess …