Month: October 2016
Emmett Till memorial signs attacked in Alabama!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/emmett-memorial-sign-riddled-bullet-holes-article-1.2836459
Watch “History Lessons” on YouTube
History Lessons: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF2F38E5941910270
This series of short videos explore the historical significance of key events in the twentieth century.
Watch “Documetnary – A History of Scotland 2of10 Hammers of the Scots” on YouTube
Watch the entire series on the History of Scotland!
The curse of the Archduke’s car!
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/curses-archduke-franz-ferdinand-and-his-astounding-death-car-27381052/?no-ist
National terminology creeping back into German politics!
https://www.thelocal.de/20161013/how-nazi-terminology-is-creeping-back-into-german-politics
The Battle of Cable Street
On 4 October 1936 the people of the East End halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney . The Battle of Cable Street, as the events have come to be known, is symbolic of community rejection of racism and fascism.
Source: The Battle of Cable Street
Ottomans & European diplomacy article – IBHL
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2016/07/ottoman-caliphs?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fed%2F%3Ffsrc%3Dscn%2Ffb%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fed%2Ftheottomancaliphswhyeuropeanislamscurrentproblemsmightreflecta100yearoldmistake