Tag: us history
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The remarkable and tragic story of Phillis Wheatley
Book Review: American Women of Achievement: Phillis Wheatley by Merle Richmond, published by Chelsea House Publishers, New York, 1988. (5 out of 5 stars). Imagination! who can sing thy force?Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?Soaring through air to find the bright abode,Th’empyreal palace of the thund’ring God,We on thy pinions can surpass the wind,And leave the…
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Genocidal colonialism in the U.S.
Book review: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. (Four out of five stars) This is a very interesting, well-researched and (not surprisingly) somewhat polemical book. Be prepared for some eye-opening, disturbing and likely disillusioning information, including: <1> The young USA could not have survived financially (or at least would have…
Heard and Seen Around Town 