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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Dear Marta Weisz, you don’t know me and I don’t know you but yet I pledge to be your voice. You were a product of love between 2 people, but you were killed by a product of hate. I say product because when you were born you produced a feeling…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: They did not like my smile, at least I don’t think they did, for why else do they hate me so much? They did not like my smile, but I can’t help it, I’m a child and I am supposed to be happy and cheerful. They didn’t like my…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am just a boy who wants to play outside I am just a boy who sometimes is a little excited I am just a boy who likes playing with toys I am just a boy , I mean no harm. I am just a boy with a mamma…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: What began as a neighborhood party during the summer of 1942 led to the largest mass murder trial in California’s history. After young Jose Diaz was found murdered near Los Angeles’ Sleepy Lagoon reservoir, 600 Mexican Americans were rounded up by the police, 24 were indicted, and 17 were…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, the latter of whom wore outfits called zoot suits. The zoot suit consisted of a broad-shouldered drape jacket, balloon-leg trousers, and, sometimes, a flamboyant hat. Mexican and Mexican…
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A world without heroes, Is like a world without sun, you can’t look up to anyone, without heroes
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This little cheeky boy is called Moshe Hecht. I would like to tell you his story. When you Google his name you will see that Moshe Hecht is a singer in a band, the Moshe Hecht band. However the cheeky boy Moshe Hecht is not that Moshe Hecht. I would like to tell you that…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Roosevelt name must be one of the best known names in US and world history, for it was the name of not 1 but 2 legendary presidents. A lesser known but not a lesser heroic man was Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt III (September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944), known…
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