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To Be Almost Like White: The Case Of Soon Ja Du, Augustina Jhi-Ho Chae
To Be Almost Like White: The Case Of Soon Ja Du, Augustina Jhi-Ho Chae
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This is a case study of Korean Americans’ prejudiced attitudes toward African Americans. To discuss this attitudes, I chose to examine the case of People of the State of California v. Soon Ja Du. On the morning of March 16, 1991, Latasha Harlins, a fifteen-year-old African American high school girl was shot in the back of the head by Soon Ja Du, a fifty-one-year-old Korean liquor and grocery store owner after a fight. This fight started by Soon Ja falsely accusing Latasha of shoplifting. In many ways, Soon Ja Du’s negative attitudes represent a typical Korean American’s prejudice.
This Great Fraternity: Nebraska's Grand Army Of The Republic, 1867-1920, Richard Evans Keyes
This Great Fraternity: Nebraska's Grand Army Of The Republic, 1867-1920, Richard Evans Keyes
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America’s Civil War transformed the political, economic and social landscape of the nation. Nowhere did this transformation manifest itself so clearly as in the lives of the men who flocked to the Union colors. The world of combat created a landscape of death, dismemberment and disease, while destroying Victorian concepts of knightliness and romance. Veterans spent a lifetime in successfully reintegrating themselves into the nation’s mainstream, while constantly harkening back to the discipline and organizational skills learned in the war. Their efforts came to fruition with the establishment of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1866, which became the …
O'Neill, Nebraska The First Quarter Century, Gregory R. Passewitz
O'Neill, Nebraska The First Quarter Century, Gregory R. Passewitz
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A little less than one hundred years have passed since the founding of the present day city of O'Neill, Nebraska. Located in Holt County along of John O'Neill, its founder. From its conception the settlement grew in population and influence until it became the county seat as well as the center of a fine stock raising country.
The Development Of Missouri Valley, Iowa To 1931, John W. Gard
The Development Of Missouri Valley, Iowa To 1931, John W. Gard
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Before the late 1840's, no white men had settled the area of southwestern Iowa at the point where Harrison Country is now located. Moreover, only a few white men had cast eye upon its valleys, inhabited only by Indians and wild animals. Probably the first explorers to set foot in the area were Lewis and Clark, who, in 1804, ordered their men to pitch camp just below the mouth of the Soldier River in what is now Harrison County. Reports of rich fur resources soon brought a number of trappers and hunters who undoubtedly followed the streams of the area …
General George Crook And The Sioux War Of 1876, Forrest Delmont Newman
General George Crook And The Sioux War Of 1876, Forrest Delmont Newman
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A voluminous bibliography of excellent materials devoted to the Sioux War of 1876 attests to the fascination this subject holds for amateur and professional historians. One basis of interest may be a morbid preoccupation in the shocking violence that was manifested as standard practice by the red man--and somtimes by his white adversary. A more humane motivation may be found in the sympathy which many students express on behalf of the underdog, the Indian. Other researchers associate themselves, in their imagination, with the hardy folk who forged a civilization in the savage West.
The Backgrounds And Organization Of The Great Oregon Migration Of 1843, Michael B. Husband
The Backgrounds And Organization Of The Great Oregon Migration Of 1843, Michael B. Husband
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To define the motives for any human migration is often a formidable, but nevertheless an inspiring an challenging undertaking. This study, therefore, is devoted to a detailed examination of the events which led to the highly significant migration from the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys to the Oregon country in 1843. I shall demonstrate that this, the first home-building immigration to the Pacific Northwest, was not a mere response to leadership, but was stimulated by a deep-seated frontier force based upon the desire of the inhabitants of the western states to better their lot. It was no aimless wandering upon which …
A History Of The Episcopal Church In Omaha From 1856 To 1964, James M. Robbins Jr
A History Of The Episcopal Church In Omaha From 1856 To 1964, James M. Robbins Jr
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There are three reasons for writing a history of the Episcopal Church in Omaha with an emphasis on the foundation years. This period covers the years 1856 to 1960. First, there is a desire for a complete understanding of the history of Omaha and the various institutions that helped to make the city. Second, there is a request to have a greater understanding of the development and growth of the State of Nebraska. And thirdly, there never has been a history of the activities of the Episcopal Church in Omaha.