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Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren was a woman’s suffragist, educator, politician, and was the “first Latina” in a number of political roles, including running…
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As February turns to March and Black History Month turns to Women’s History Month, I am reminded of the book, All the Women are White, All the Blacks Are…
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When historians talk about the “trust-busting era” in US history, we are probably referring to the early 20th century when the federal government broke up…
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The annals of American business history are filled with numerous instances of companies that experienced both dramatic success and dramatic failure during…
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This fall, a group of students and I participated in the Day of the Dead event at the Nomar International Market. We had with us a large, blown up map of…
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On Nov. 30, 1804, the U.S. Senate opened its only impeachment trial against a U.S. Supreme Court justice. The House of Representatives’ charges against…
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Recent American history features numerous instances where U.S. Attorneys General recused themselves from cases where a conflict of interest existed.For…
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While the ideals of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence hold true today, the mechanisms of those ideals were rooted in a specific time…
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On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened her first birth control clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The clinic distributed…
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Wichita has a proud history of entrepreneurship. Companies founded here — such as Pizza Hut, Rent-A-Center, Beechcraft, Learjet, Cessna, and Koch…
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Last Sunday, a memorial service took place for Harry Dobbin, a member of the bands Sawdust Charley and the Funtones. He was also the graphic artist who…
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On September 12, 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld that states are bound by the court’s decisions and must enforce them, even if the states disagree.…