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World history, black history, related sites, seeing race before race: a closer look.
Explore the roots of racism from the Middle Ages to 1800 in this companion to the Newberry exhibition Seeing Race Before Race.
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Midwest Time Machine
Browse a sampling of user-submitted transcriptions, illustrated with historic maps and images.
Images: Bureau of India Affairs relocation materials (circa 1955) from Riots and Protest: Chicago’s Legacy of Conflict ; Venice map (1676) from Crossing Borders Across Venetian, Habsburg and Ottoman Empires ; Le miroir de humaine saluation (1455) from Wives & Wenches, Sinners & Saints … ; Pullman employee service record (mid-20th century) from Jazz, Chicago & the Great Migration ; Romeo & Juliet sheet music (1905) from Shakespeare in the 19th-Century U.S .
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Miguel Hidalgo began the independence movement for Mexico in the 19th century. To the Mexican people, he is a symbol of freedom, equality, and hope. He was able to unite the poor …
What is Hidalgo’s essay all about? Who is its target audience? Hidalgo’s essay is all about the three (3) ladies who travel in New York. In heressay, she said …
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (born May 8, 1753, Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico—died July 30, 1811, Chihuahua) was a Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader who is called the father of Mexican …
Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo - was born on 21st of august in 1944. -award winning fictionist. -pioneering essayist. -She is Professor Emiretus of the english and comparative …
Scholars writing the history of Mexican independence might begin with two straightforward dates: On September 16, 1810, peasants across the countryside responded to Father Miguel Hidalgo’s call to rebellion and took up …
His fiery painting of Padre Hidalgo, the “George Washington of Mexican Independence,” depicted the leader as a prophet wielding a sword who was “purifying the world with bloodshed.”