September 7, 2023 Just Imagine…the Neuroscience of Propaganda Until recently propaganda may have seemed like a matter of throwing mud at a wall to see what sticks. It was effective because financial support enabled a high-volume approach to...
August 31, 2023 Just Imagine…Forced Chemical Baths Just imagine the following: you are on your way to work riding on the local transit system. An official enters the transit system and orders you to get off. You...
August 24, 2023 Just Imagine…An American Emperor Joshua Norton was born in England in 1818 and then raised in South Africa. When he was 28, he emigrated to the U.S., eventually ending up in San Francisco, where...
August 17, 2023 Just Imagine…Dress Patterns and Democracy Ellen (Curtis) Demorest was born in New York in 1824. Since her father owned a hat factory, Ellen naturally found her way to a career in the fashion industry. At...
August 10, 2023 Just Imagine…Performing as if in a Zoo Located in Harlem, the Club Deluxe was an intimate supper club owned by Jack Johnson, the first African American to be the heavyweight boxing champ. He sold the club to...
August 3, 2023 Just Imagine…Listening to Moments of Conscience He was born into poverty in 1926 in New York City to an Italian immigrant father and a mother who was born in the U.S. soon after her parents immigrated....
July 27, 2023 Just Imagine…Choosing the Moral Path He grew up in an all-white community in South Dakota. When he was 11 years old, he met his first person of another race. His father had developed his ability...
July 20, 2023 Just Imagine…a Failure to Recognize Valor Private Burton Holmes was a Black U.S. soldier fighting in France during World War I. He and his fellow soldiers were confronted by a surprise attack from the Germans. Burton’s...
July 13, 2023 Just Imagine…Emerging Inequities South Africa has a history of unreliable electrical power. The national power provider has been accused of mismanagement of government funding for upgrades to the nation’s electric grid. As a...