1904

A lot of people who follow sports know about the Negro Leagues in baseball. Jackie Robinson played there before breaking baseball’s color barrier in the 1940s. But most people don’t know about the Black Fives. Beginning in 1904, this was the basketball league for only African-Americans. A man named Claude Johnson decided to dedicate an exhibit to the Black Fives. “There are ‘dozens and dozens’ of all-black teams that played basketball before 1950 — and that their legacy reflects the changing…

The American Explorer Samuel Phillips Verner went to Africa in 1904 under contract pay row a selection of Pygmies to be part of the "Exposition of St. Louis. OTA Benga was one of the men caught. When they arrived at the exhibition, the Ota took great success because everyone wanted to look at his teeth. His teeth were filed down a sharp edge when he was young pour a decoration of Vangelis. Journal of the United Nations said that the Ota Benga was "the only genuine African Cannibal in America",…

Some of the earliest movements back to the land that had once belonged to the Jewish people long ago began as early as 1904, forty-four years before the Jews were actually given their own country. In the 1920’s and 30’s the Jewish movement back to the Middle East truly began to ignite surrounding countries’ fury. According to Gale Student Resources “This population movement…

Frances was 85 years old when she died. She was born on April 10th, 1880. She died in 1965 in May. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents are Susan Bean and Frederik Perkins. Her parents were from Marine, both of them. They owned a business. The business they owned was a stationer. A lot of her childhood was spent in Massachusetts. A town called Worcester. Her name was not always Frances. When she was born her name was Frannie Coralie. That was her christened name. She changed her…

and said, “Our weak nations across Africa must stand against the Germans, and not allow them to eliminate us so that only they live on our land.” However, the Herero alone stood up against the Germans without any other groups involved. In January, 1904 the war began, when the Herero attacked white-owned farms. The Herero murdered 123 German traders and settlers, but they listened to their leader and spared the lives of the children and women and the non white germans. After a few vicious…

nine to work in the factories throughout Britain; this resulted in the percentage of workers under 13 decrease from between 15 to 20 percent in the early 1800s to 4.6 percent in the 1850’s (British Parliamentary Report (1819,1834) ,British census (1904)). In conclusion, the factory act of 1833 had a slow but positive effect on the education and working conditions of children in the industrial…

Wilson. He ran as a “Bull Moose” party candidate. During his presidency, Theodore set aside over 200 million acres of land for national forests, national parks, reserves and wildlife refuges. He brought order to the Dominican Republic’s finances in 1904. Roosevelt convinced Congress to approve building ten battleships and four armored cruisers for the Navy. Teddy tried to get the right from Colombia to build a canal across Panama. He set up 25 irrigation projects and set aside 18 sides for…

fashionable at the start of the Edwardian era were small and black. The brims of hats started to face upwards in the 1901 to the 1905 and trimming decoration is seen in hats then after 1904 the hat started to be angled instead of sitting straight. A hat resembling the shape of a mushroom and made from straw would be worn in 1904 and 1905. Ribbon and flowers which would sometimes have wire inside continued to be used as decoration and some hats around this time would be shaped like tricornes. In…

“Between Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal and Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom domestic programs, which was more ‘progressive’?”. Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal was more progressive compared to Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom domestic program. Meaning of Progressivism is to bring rapid changes in life of Americans in the area of –industrialization, urbanization and immigration where there was complete injustice and chaos. The Progressive Era of 1890-1920, brought remarkable revolution…

In 1904 Lincoln Steffens says, "Philadelphia is a city that is corrupt and contented." I believe this is true. There are evidence from the Philadelphia magazine article and from “The Shame of A City”. And since the election of 2003, things has changed in city politics. The statement said by Lincoln Steffens is true, at least in my opinion, because there are corruption all over Philadelphia. For example, there are corruption in the police department, the court, and in the education system.…