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From the day an ancient cave dweller painted
yet another fucking El Cant on |
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a wall in 1500 B.C. to Garry Marshall's
1974 discovery of 13 weather beaten North |
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Dakotan coal miners that would go on to
become the cast of Happy Days the Onion |
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looks back at this week in history |
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On June 17th, 1954 the effects of the
previous month's historic Supreme Court |
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ruling in Brown versus the Board of
Education provided black students with the |
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educational opportunity of experiencing
racism first hand in the segregated |
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schools up until that point African-American
peoples could only endure |
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racial slurs and death threats in city
streets or near their homes with the |
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Warren Court's decision they now had
access to hurtful rhetoric in the |
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classroom as well. |
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For too long -segregation has unfairly
denied black students the crucial |
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knowledge of what is like to be spat upon
in history classes or on the school playground. |
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Now those are finally open to them. |
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On June 17th, 1885 the statute of liberty
first arrived from France moving into |
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a cramped and rat infested tenement building
in the lower East side of Manhattan |
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shortly after her arrival the statute
worked multiple jobs under brutal |
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conditions before eventually being hired
to greet new immigrants on Liberty Island. |
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After she was stripped naked at immigration,
deloused and separated from |
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her family who didn't pass their
medical examinations Liberty spent her nights |
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sleeping on the flower as of these
poorly ventilated buildings next to dozens of |
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crying children. |
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She was suffering from scarlet fever
and dysentery when New York officials spotted |
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her working as a seamstress and said she
had perfect look and stature to welcome |
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incoming immigrants. |
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And on June 24th, 1784; 13 year-old
Edward Warren took the first |
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hot air balloon flight becoming the first
American to urinate on a crowd from 100 |
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feet in the air and that was what
happened this week in history. |
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In the words of Mahatma Gandhi: "Historically
speaking, I'd like to be |
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reincarnated as someone who didn't
starve himself and get shot." |
