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 | May 15, 2012 | Alvin Josephy, draft lottery, Fishtrap Vietnam, fur trade, girls say no, Hudson’s Bay Company, Jefferson's slaves, John Adams and slavery, Valerie Miner, Vietnam legacy
When he wrote the essay on the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Indians, Alvin Josephy took great pains to place it all in historical context. And he credited the company with high mindedness in establishing standards for dealing with the Indians—the traders were not to...
