Articles written by Ron Goodwin

The Progressive Era was a time of intense reform, but for most blacks it was a transition; not from slavery to freedom, but from slavery to Jim Crow.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

FDR believed the government should promote paternalistic housing policies to provide for those devastated by the Depression, but there were unintended consequences.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

While they historically appeared as ideological opposites, both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton contributed to the early political identity of America.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois differed on their social agendas, but they each agreed that blacks deserved full American citizenship.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

By 1890, the Redeemers returned the South to political "home rule" which led to the complete disenfranchisement of the new black electorate.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideals of ministry and social activism were influenced by the dynamic ministries of his maternal grandfather and father.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Sharecropping replaced slavery as the southern labor system after the Civil War and became just as restrictive to the freedoms of blacks.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The United States should have flourished during the Reconstruction, but instead failed to provide equal status for its black citizens.

Oct 20, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The Great Society was a philosophical descendant of the New Deal and introduced civil rights legislation that finally brought an end to Jim Crow.

Jul 18, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

With the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson initiated imperialistic policies in expanding American ideals across this continent and eventually throughout the world.

Jul 18, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The social movement that began in Niagara culminated with the direct nonviolent confrontation strategy of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The automobile ended the isolation of the rural farms and established the mobility needed for the migration to the cities.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Interstate highways and urban renewal programs often destroyed inner city housing units which inadvertently segregated urban neighborhoods throughout the country.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The urban exodus of the American white-middle class exposed the underlying racism that spatially transformed American cities.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

While black soldiers defended democracy overseas they still suffered under intense Jim Crow racism at home.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The establishment of the Atlantic slave trade was economically motivated and ignored the humanity in forced bondage.

Jul 17, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Federal transportation subsidies meant to improve urban mobility inadvertently created our Auto-Nation with the car as the centerpiece of urban transportation planning.

Jun 22, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Even in the atmosphere of intense violence, Freedmen's Bureau agents committed themselves to the education of Texas' former slaves.

Apr 16, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

In the 1930s, Texas' poor struggled to adjust to rapidly increasing unemployment and homelessness plus the emotional scares that lasted long after the economy recovered.

Apr 16, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The threat of communism led to the creation of the HUAC which was designed to protect American society capitalism from internal and external threats.

Apr 14, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Traditionally, Texas' Civil War experiences excluded those of black slaves even though they were also first-hand witnesses.

Apr 14, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

After WWI, black urbanization was often met with intense violence, leaving blacks isolated and segregated in the hopelessness of a ghetto existence.

Apr 9, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

In 1988, Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder inadvertently reopened an old societal wound by claiming that blacks were better athletes because they were bred during slavery.

Apr 9, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Even though the Civil War ended in 1865, the new war for white supremacy in the South raged on throughout the Reconstruction era.

Apr 9, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The process of suburbanization resulted in the abandonment of many inner cities across the country which led to racial segregation and heighten class divisiveness.

Apr 9, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Many of Texas' depression-era politicians were leery of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal paternalism, but the statewide need was too great not to accept federal funds.

Apr 9, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

American racism and bigotry developed from its own distinct origins that have generally been debunked as baseless and unfounded propaganda.

Jan 19, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

The legal fight to end Jim Crow's did not begin with Brown v. Board of Education, but with a series of court battles that included a postal worker from Houston, Texas.

Jan 19, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Legislations encouraging urban renewal and enhanced mobility significantly improved the living conditions in American cities, but also deconstructed many urban areas.

Jan 19, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

In order to maximize plantation profits, slave owners often hired professional overseers whose management techniques typically included the brutal treatment of slaves.

Jan 19, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Black journalists have proven to be a powerful and influential voice in the Black community. Even in the face of Jim Crow segregation Black journalists spoke out against

Jan 18, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice defined the experiences of too many young black males in the 1960s and they struggled to move beyond Jim Crow and into the Great Society.

Jan 18, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

This country was founded on the belief that God was sovereign and merciful. However, the antebellum slave owner often used religion in maintaining social control.

Jan 7, 2009 - Ron Goodwin

There is little doubt that owners and overseers exercised strict control over slaves on the plantation. However, slave patrols were needed to provide regional oversight.

Nov 20, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

While there is little historical consensus regarding the breeding of slaves, the oral histories of former slaves verify the vile practice did exist.

Oct 18, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

While most Americans eagerly anticipated a return to "Normalcy" after WWI, the economic prosperity of the 1920s was a mirage that camouflaged the coming economic crisis t

Oct 17, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

Alarmed by possible communist subversives, conservatives used the politics of fear to maintain and preserve the principles of democracy and capitalism.

Oct 16, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

Even though slave apologists argued that slaves were ignorant and childlike, former slaves recalled understanding the ramifications of the Civil War.

Oct 14, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

The city of Houston, Texas, experienced two defining racial conflicts separated by five decades and linked by the overzealous and racist actions of the Houston Police.

Sep 23, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

Rebellions and physical confrontations were ways in which slaves fought against the power of the Master to regain some sense of control over their lives.

Sep 5, 2008 - Ron Goodwin

With the support of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Black politics changed the political paradigm of the New Deal and influenced American politics for several generations.

Jul 31, 2008 - Ron Goodwin