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Tariffs are a hot topic in America considering the United States’ purchasing power and global influence. It is no surprise that in 2020, we find ourselves debating the same issues about tariffs surrounding elections as the nation did in 1928. In analyzing the information presented in a 1928 economic and financial newspaper article from Barron’s,Continue reading “1928 Election Debates on Tariffs”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Causes The events that unfolded in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the summer of 1921 were not isolated. The town had been plagued by the systematic racism that led to the development of both a “White Tulsa” and a “Black Tulsa” (14). Systems of segregation and disenfranchisement accompanied by the resurgence of men’s, women’s, and juniors’ KKKContinue reading “Scott Ellsworth’s Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riots of 1921”