Writing by Andromeda on Thursday, 4 of September , 2008 at 1:41 pm
Barack Hussein Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. He grew up herding goats with his own father, who was a domestic servant to the British. Although reared among Muslims, Obama, Sr., became an atheist at some point.
Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs during the Depression. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he signed up for service in World War II and marched across Europe in Patton’s army. Dunham’s mother went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they studied on the G. I. Bill, bought a house through the Federal Housing Program, and moved to Hawaii.
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Writing by Uriel on Monday, 18 of August , 2008 at 12:43 pm
Political philosopher and visionary, husband and father, dynamic orator and militant minister. In his lifetime, Malcolm X was many men. Born Malcolm Little, he later became “Detroit Red” and “New York Red” — a hustler, drug pusher, pimp, con man and the head of a Boston robbery ring. After spending time in prison, he emerged as Minister Malcolm — Malcolm X, the fiery, eloquent spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Finally, he became El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, an internationally recognized leader and advocate for oppressed peoples. He was both loved and despised, revered and feared– until an assassin’s bullet cut him down at age 39.
American Experience marks the 40th anniversary of his death with “Malcolm X — Make It Plain.” This in-depth film portrait goes straight to the heart, mind and message of one of the modern era’s most complex figures. Actress Alfre Woodard narrates the special. Please Login or Register to see the link.
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Writing by xdust777 on Thursday, 8 of November , 2007 at 8:08 am
Athens – The truth about democracy
Athens is revered as the birthplace of Western philosophy, art, science and perhaps the greatest political idea of all time – democracy.
But in this fascinating documentary (first shown on Channel 4 in July 2007), historian Bettany Hughes looks behind some of the myths of Athens’ golden age. She finds a very warlike and aggressive state, which was also capable of terrible mistakes, misdeeds and atrocities. Please Login or Register to see the link.
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Writing by Uriel on Tuesday, 10 of July , 2007 at 12:43 pm
Many of Hitler’s private videos have no audio. For the first time, lip recognition software can find what he said in them.
Hitler became Chancellor of the Weimar Republic in 1933 through a coalition with conservative and right wing parties, who had hoped to use Hitler’s popularity to gain power. Once in power he initiated what was called the “legal seizure of power.” In the course of a few years he managed to consolidate dictatorial powers through parliamentary legislation. Later he turned out to be erratic and unpredictable leader of the armed forces, often disregarding opinions of other experienced generals and marshals.
Under Hitler’s leadership, driven by a vision of a Nordic master race, Germany invaded several of its smaller neighbors, beginning World War II. This vision also drove an attempt to systematically exterminate other peoples–notably the Jews–called the Holocaust in which 5-10 million people were killed. Other hated peoples included the Romani or Tzigane (Gypsies) of which between 600,000 and 2 million were killed (about 70% of population in German controlled areas). Please Login or Register to see the link.
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