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United States History since 1877
Professor Jeff Roche

Most, if not all people, remember World War II as the defeat of the Adolf Hitler regime and the prevention of possible German world domination. The death of 6 million Jews and approximately 15-20 million people […]

Mi pueblo tiene montañas, bosques, valles, ríos, colinas, y lagos. No hay mucho que hacer en mi pueblo. Es muy pequeño. 200 personas viven en mi pueblo. Hay un lugar llamado la represa de Tomhannock. Es muy bo […]

In writer and journalist Morgan Jerkins’ article, “Why do you say you’re black?”,  Jerkins writes about her response to an older man who asked her why she calls herself black and not human. The man’s comment […]

Hay muchos animales en el mundo. Mi animal favorito es el león. Los leones son grandes y fuertes. Los leones son mamíferos. Los leones son más grandes que los perros. Los elefantes son los más grandes de los tre […]

Here’s some recent context for Katie’s blog post.

Boston. Racism. Image. Reality
To our readers:
​The Spotlight Team began this project ​on race ​with deep humility. ​Taking on​ ​this topic ​has to be one of […]

“Red-State Teachers Unrest Just Keeps Spreading” by Ed Kilgore
“Eight Kentucky school districts — including those in Louisville and Lexington — are closed today as teachers stay home to protest the GOP leg […]

I hope you all attended Kathleen Cleaver’s talk. You’ll all have to tell me what you learned on Thursday evening. We will cover some of this in class, but not in depth. Here’s a documentary, The Black […]

This week on CreateYou I will be featuring a few outfits that are perfect for any city adventure! This past weekend I visited Pittsburgh and wore the outfit shown to walk around the different areas in the city. […]

This week on CreateYou I will be featuring a few outfits that are perfect for any city adventure! This past weekend I visited Pittsburgh and wore the outfit shown to walk around the different areas in the city. […]

When I was searching some articles for my final paper, an article in New York Times caught my attention. It discusses a series of photos by a contemporary civil rights photographer, Oliver Clasper. The photos in […]

¡¡¡Esta semana pasada, un chico muy especial vino a Wooster para Pascua!!! Yo tuve la oportunidad a de mostrarle a él mis personas favoritas y mis lugares favoritos. ¡Además, un restaurante que a el le gusta […]

Me encantan los animales. En mi casa, tengo dos perros y dos gatos. Los perros se llaman Caramel y Fudge. Los gatos se llaman Eliza y Izzy. Pero durante mi vida yo tuve mascotas diferentes. Por ejemplo, un perro […]

Over spring break I spent three days in Boston. One of those days was filled with window shopping up and down Newbury Street, on which there were two churches that had flags or posters which advocated for the […]

I attended the Kathleen Cleaver lecture last Thursday and came away very impressed.  She went through the entire history of the Black Panther history including the founders Bobby Seale and Huey Newton.  They met i […]

La hormiga de fuego no es como las otras hormigas en México.  Esta peste es una especie invasiva de la amazona. Las Hormigas de fuego trabajan como un equipo y pueden hacer cosas muy fascinantes. En una i […]

As a follow-up to Thursday’s discussions of Marielle Franco’s assassination, I wanted to share this letter signed by international activists, artists, and writers calling for her death to be fully investigated and […]

A mi me encanta la ciudad de Boston. Boston tiene más historia de que otras ciudades porque Boston fue uno una de las primero primeras ciudades de los estados unidos. Los museos son muy interesantes por eje […]

Carmen Miranda “The Gang’s All Here”

We started class today watching a section of a musical with Carmen Miranda entitled “The Gang’s All Here.” In this section of the musical Miranda sings “The Lady in the Tu […]

Mi madre y mis hermanas van a visitarme la próxima semana en mi escuela. Estoy triste porque no puedo ir a casa para Easter porque tengo un torneo de frisbee. Mi familia generalmente pasa la semana juntos, pero […]