The situation for many refugees around the world is quite dire, and every year, World Refugee Day seeks to educate the public about some of the issues surrounding refugees around the globe. In June 2010, Amnesty International released this 20-page report which reveals a "litany of abuses suffered by refugees in Malaysia, the vast majority of whom are from Myanmar." Among other findings, the report...
Founded in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has worked for over a century to expand its original mission “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Between July 2013 and February 2014, the ADL conducted the ADL Global 100, a survey questionnaire of which the results are fully available and searchable on the site. To view the results,...
Aeon is a digital magazine of ideas and culture, and it offers an original essay every weekday. The tone of these pieces is learned and conversational with recent features including, "How Medicine and Ritual Got Hopelessly Entangled in Uganda" as well as "What is it Like to be a Bird? The Science of Animal Consciousness." Visitors can also browse the collected essays by topical headings that...
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Digital Collections has tackled everything from Golda Meir to historic street maps in its quest to offer a diverse and wonderful view of the city's rich history. This particular collection brings together a clutch of oral histories that celebrate the African American experience at the institution. Visitors can look over a panel discussion with a range of...
The Library of Congress’s “African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship” exhibition celebrates African American history over nine time periods, ranging from 18th century slavery to the Civil Rights era. This thorough collection includes over 240 books, government documents, maps, musical scores, films, and plays, supplemented with relevant historical explanations and contexts. Viewers...
Massachusetts was home to a number of powerful abolitionist and anti-slavery groups during the 18th and 19th centuries, and this fine online exhibition created by the Massachusetts Historical Society brings together a number of primary documents that tell the stories of African Americans and abolitionist movements in the commonwealth. With financial assistance from the Institute of Museum and...
Man who helped inspire ceremony may not attend
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004391404_uwjapaneseryo24m.html
Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project [Real Player, Quick Time]
http://www.densho.org/
U.S. Office of War Information: Japanese...
Somali-Americans Join Fight Against Drought
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Somali-Americans-Join-Fight-Against-Drought-in-the-Horn-of-Africa-126392493.html
With famine in Somalia, a case of leadership (not compassion)...
The relationship between the Netherlands and Australia is a rather interesting one, and this was especially true during late 1941, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. While Japan did not include the Dutch colony of the Netherlands East Indies (contemporary Indonesia) in these opening attacks, Allied planners knew that they would be interested in this area for the wide range of natural resources...
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