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El Paso’s Segundo Barrio, Chihuahuita on endangered list

Edit Albuquerque Journal 14 Oct 2016
“One of the exciting things about the NTHP naming them to this list is that yes, it brings attention to the buildings, but more so it highlights the stories of the people who live there and it shows the influence of the two barrios in El Paso,” said Yolanda Chávez Leyva, the director of the Institute of Oral History & The Borderlands Public History Lab at The University of Texas at El Paso....

Black History Month Cheltenham gets off to a flying start (Cheltenham Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
These events help us remember the challenges that black communities faced here in Cheltenham and across the UK and to honour the achievements, culture and history of black people.' ... It aims to promote knowledge of black history, culture and heritage; share information on the positive black contributions to British society; and to heighten the confidence and awareness in black people of their cultural heritage....

Eötvos Loránd University Gives Seminar on the Visual History Archive in Sign Language (USC Shoah Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
Budapest's Eötvos Loránd University (ELTE) offered its first-ever sign language seminar for hearing-impaired patrons on USC Shoah Foundation and the Visual History Archive on Oct ... She has been interested in conducting a seminar on the Visual History Archive in sign language since the study room in the ELTE Central Library became a full access site of the Visual History Archive in June 2016....

LeBron James is going back to college

Edit New York Post 14 Oct 2016
So right now I just do a lot of reading, book reading, and obviously I’m around some really good people that I kind of take their knowledge and sort it into my mind.”. James made the jump from high school to the NBA in 2003 and has authored one of the greatest careers in NBA history....

New Archive Provides 1-Stop Access to Vital Resources on California’s Punjabi American Community (University of California - Davis)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
In the late 19th century, people from the Punjab region in north India, known as the Land of Five Rivers, began settling in the Sacramento Valley and other parts of rural California, farming the land that reminded them of home ... 'It is important to save and share the rich history of the South Asian pioneers in California,' said Nicole Ranganath, a lecturer in the UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies Program....

What Ken Bone’s Porn Preferences Tell Us About Internet Privacy Today

Edit Slate 14 Oct 2016
We know all this because Bone conducted a Reddit AMA on Thursday night under his actual username, allowing enterprising journalists to scour his commenting history for unsavory remarks ... Why not? As of Friday morning, more than 600,000 people already have. If you’re like me, you’ll probably read Bone’s Reddit history half-amused by his witless inanity, half-embarrassed to care a lick what Bone says or thinks....

A Murder that Happened 145 Years Ago Rallies New Generations in Philly to Vote (Community College of Philadelphia)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
African Americans' centuries-long battle for freedom has not been lost on Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, an Irish Catholic who prides himself on knowing his city's history ... About 150 people gathered to honor one of those 19th century activists who Kenney loves to discuss when addressing the city's history ... 'Black history was systematically ripped from the pages of history on purpose,' Kenney said....

Studying the empire: can history students avoid pitfalls of the past?

Edit The Guardian 14 Oct 2016
Understanding Britain’s colonial history is essential, but dealing with racist sources can be a huge challenge. World history graduate Pooja Kawa shares her views ... Discussions about cultural appropriation and apologism have become frequent and charged, with little agreement over how best to represent certain parts of history ... We should demand better, more inclusive, more nuanced history....

The most liberal universities in the United States

Edit The Washington Post 14 Oct 2016
That general idea probably won’t surprise many people, but the numbers behind it might ... They examine the ratio of Democrats and Republicans among tenure-track in five academic fields — economics, history, journalism/communications, law and psychology — at 40 top American universities ... However, Democratic-to-Republican ratios prove to be even higher than the researchers had thought, particularly in economics and history....

Warragamba – A story of our making (WaterNSW)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
'It was an ambitious nation building project, built in the post-war years of 1948 to 1960, that not only changed Sydney forever, but also the lives of the people that brought it into being.' ... to celebrate the dam's history ... 'It's a story about an important moment in our history and the people who were there to make it happen,' Mr Harris said....

National Museum of the United States Navy Celebrates Artist Tom Freeman’s Legacy (US Navy Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
'This remarkable collection of paintings vividly depicts many of the most significant moments in naval history, as illustrated by the brush, hand and heart of one of America's greatest maritime artists,' said NMUSN Director Jim Bruns ... naval history 1775 to the present ... For more information, visit www.history.navy.mil/nmusn....

Barry Dock RNLI volunteer in unique Battle of Hastings anniversary fundraiser (RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
Ben Phillips, who is in Hastings this weekend taking part in an anniversary re-enactment of arguably the most famous battle in British history, will from today be sporting a haircut not in vogue for the best part of a millennium ... As well as being a senior member of Household Anglo-Norman Living History Society, Ben is an RNLI education volunteer delivering vital sea safety messages to school children and other young people....

FedEx's history of splitting stocks may be over for good

Edit Business Insider 14 Oct 2016
It's hard for people to believe today, but it used to take a lot longer for things to get from point A to point B. FedEx played an instrumental role in changing that, bringing express delivery into the mainstream and transforming the expectations that people have for getting the essential goods they need as quickly as possible ... FedEx's history of stock splits follows a pattern that's similar to what other stocks have gone through....
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