The party helped these descendants of Ireland escape the anti – Irish prejudice that had confined the hated “ Micks ” to Irish ghettos like Bloody Plank Road. The Democratic Party granted the perquisites of political power to Irish-Americans because the close-knit Irish families reliably delivered the necessary votes keeping the party in power.
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…how he came, lived, worked, played and suffered until he was recognized as a patriotic, useful and respected citizen, no longer a ‘frog’ and ‘pea soup eater,’ a despised Canuck.
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Flippant and sorrowful by turns, he read his books of history frantically, looking for a fact or story that would trigger his insight and give
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I have to admit to being conflicted about this book. The good: The illustrations are wonderful and the story is an exciting wild west adventure
Continue reading »We had been taught not to look back. We had been trained to disconnect from family and our homelands. We had swapped our stories for
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Today, we continue the long journey toward an America and a world where liberty and equality are not reserved for some, but extended to all.
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