As the United States expanded westwards, Native Americans were subjected to cultural genocide, foreign diseases, and territorial loss. Faced with destruction and herded onto reservations, many Native Americans resisted what was happening to them and decided to take action.   In 1832, a Sauk leader named Black Hawk left the Iowa Indian Territory with […]

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It is well known that large numbers of Irish settlers migrated to western Britain, especially western Wales, during the early Dark Ages. This was mostly after, but some also before, the fall of Roman Britain. They managed to establish a relatively long-lasting kingdom in Dyfed, southwest Wales, and an even more significant Irish kingdom […]

“I wear suits now basically because it’s easier if you are doing a television programme to wear the same thing all the time. You don’t want to go in way over the programme. It’s another way to get people to forget about me and concentrate on the person I am talking to.” – Melvyn Bragg, … Continue reading "Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984" The post Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984 appeared first on Flashbak.

Lao Tzu (Laozi) is a complex figure, which makes capturing his essence through words difficult. This is not only because of the minimal information we have about his existence but also the many titles that can be given to him. The ancient Chinese philosopher, sage, and to some, deity is the representative figure of […]