History
The Castillo San Felipe del Morro, once the most formidable fortification in the Caribbean and its companion Fortín de San Gerónimo del Boquerón that protect the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, were never taken by force of arms.
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: History
America, thou art Hypocrisy.
Thy promise was fairness to all.
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- Written by: Christopher Barnet
- Category: History
I am an old man but I am not too old to forget their scent. I am being sought by a race that stole its sense of community from my homeland. While at home what they call a nation is an assortment of thieves. Thieves and cutthroats who sell our country at the market to the highest bidder. Every day the federal republic is torn apart by the warring of differing interests. Conflicting interests eating away at the center of Europe. Separated from the democratic republic by a wall put up by the red Jews who want to take the rest. They want to eat Germany and fill their bellies. There were no conflicting interests when we ran affairs. They were kept under control. Didn't we warn everybody that the Jewish filth wanted Germany for itself? They sent us to war. We were only defending ourselves from their slavery.
It is 71 BC and I'm Spartacus
You are Marcus Licinius Crassus
- Written by: Deborah Baron
- Category: History
As I was walking my grandson home from school he mentioned something about WWI and I asked him how he knew about WWI, his reply: “Because I am a history nerd. I study it whenever I can. I also know about WWII and The Korean War and The Viet Nam War.” He is 10. The apple does not fall far from the tree, his mother has a BA in History and I have a BA in Liberal Arts and read history text books for fun. I am passionate about history, I LOVE history. Some people can reel off sports statistics, or car changes and designs by year. I can run through the Plantagenet family tree, which is a complex tree with many broken branches and much inter-breeding. I think my passion for history and for politics are conjoined twins. One seems correlated to the other. Instead of spending my time at the gym on weight machines or Zumba classes I climb aboard the treadmill with my tablet and watch documentaries about history- the time flies by.
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: History
Since this writer’s late brother, Dr. Richard A. Long, was a formidable, intellectual force within African American academia and beyond, and this being the season of concentration upon the Black Experience, IFZ has requested a sketch of Richard’s early life that is obtainable from no other source.)
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: History
Although it is suggested by the recent release of the first full-length documentary based on the life of the late Dr. Maya Angelou, a Sundance project, “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,” this piece will not contain information from that film or any other public archival source. This merely is an opportunity to share a few personal anecdotes arising from this writer’s brief contacts with Dr. Angelou, and her more intimate relationships with other family members.
