by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 24, 2025 | 1968, Civil Rights, fire, martin luther king, President Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Vietnam
1968 was a hard year in America. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy rocked us, and the riots and fires that followed on the streets of cities, including Washington D.C., made it seem like an all-out revolution or civil war might come. Civil...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 20, 2025 | Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Movement, martin luther king, Peace Corps, Robert F. Kennedy, Vietnam, Vietnam legacy
In a brief essay in Sunday’s (January 19) Washington Post, Jonathan Eig, author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography, writes: “We can begin by remembering that, until his death in 1968, King had never gained the approval of most White...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 4, 2024 | Gaza, Hitler, Israel, Kennedy, Khrushchev, martin luther king, Netanyahu
This history blog of mine usually focuses on Nez Perce, Native American, and American history and history telling. I like to find the missing pieces of our history—my current obsession is the under-told story of the beaver’s place in the US economy and Euro-American...
by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 1, 2023 | Gandhi, Israel, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, King assassination, martin luther king
My recent scrape with death—for those who hadn’t heard, I rolled my car in the Wallowa River canyon on Sunday on the way back from a fine Portland Thanksgiving—and the crazy recess in the war in Israel/Gaza have me thinking about fortune and history, about being in a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 15, 2023 | Hamalainen, Jamelle Bouie, martin luther king, Nespelem, Nez Perce
Tomorrow, Monday, is Martin Luther King Day, and I’ve just begun reading Pekka Hamalainen’s new book, Indigenous Continent. It strikes me already that King’s dreams and the Indigenous philosophy as described by Hamalainen share underlying themes: unity, harmony,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 18, 2016 | Alcatraz occupation, Aleppo, Alvin Josephy, Burns, Cuba, Diyarbakir, Donald Trump, Indian Country Today, Iran, Kurds, martin luther king, Middle East, MLK, President Obama, Shiites, Sunnis, Turks, Vietnam
So take courage! Friends here in Northeast Oregon are upset with the goings on in neighboring Burns. One group “occupied” a local Oregon Wildlife Refuge one evening with binoculars and beer. Most of “my” friends would like to see the government stand up and oust the...
