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1918 President Wilson delivers “Fourteen Points” speech


1885 Wilson’s first political work, Congressional Government, critically described the U.S. system of government and advocated adopting reforms to move the U.S. closer to a parliamentary system.

1896 In the presidential election, Wilson rejected Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan and supported the conservative “Gold Democrat” nominee, John M. Palmer.

1911 Wilson took office during the Mexican Revolution after liberals overthrew the military dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.

1912 Despite his southern roots and record at Princeton, Wilson became the first Democrat to receive widespread support from the African American community in a presidential election.

1917 Eager to withdraw from Mexico due to tensions in Europe, Wilson ordered Pershing to withdraw, and the last American soldiers left.

The Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was an address delivered before a joint meeting of Congress on January 8, 1918, during which Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I. …read more

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Zora Neale b. 1891 – d. 1960 – Black History


Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. 

She portrayed racial struggles in the early 1900s American South and published research on hoodoo.

The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She … See more

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1864 – Full Film: The Sand Creek Massacre and the Civil War


Source: Sand Creek Massacre Foundation

On January 7, 1865, a battle took place near Julesburg, Colorado, between 1,000 Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota Indians and about 60 soldiers of the U.S. Army and 40 to 50 civilians. 

Mochi (Buffalo Calf Woman, right side), Southern Cheyenne photographed while imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. The Sand Creek massacre unleashed the anger of the Plains natives: many tribes united to fight against white people who had not respected the peace treaties, and not even the white flag waved by a little girl of just six. In addition to revenge, the Indians also sought food and blankets, to survive the long winter. On January 7, 1865, 1,000 warriors (Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho) attacked Camp Ranking, followed by many women who steered the escort horses. Among them was Mo-chi, who organized the load of everything they managed to take from the warehouses of the fort abandoned by the soldiers, lured out by a vanguard of warriors. During that raid, Mo-chi met Medicine Water, the man to whom she remained tied for the rest of her life, united by the same spirit of resistance.

The Indians defeated the soldiers and over the next few weeks plundered ranches and stagecoach stations up and down the South Platte River valley 2.

The U.S. Army’s Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho on November 29, 1864, was one of the reasons that caused the Indians to intensify hostilities against the U.S. Army and white settlers 21.

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