Month: November 2017

A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live

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A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live

  Source: Medium.com. A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live Nobody knows how man lots had so-called “restrictive covenants.” Greta Smith wants to start finding out. by Michael Andersen | Nov. 29, 2017 From the 1920s to 1940s, federal maps divided U.S. cities into red (“hazardous”), yellow (“definitely declining”), blue (“still desirable”)Continue Reading A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live

The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff

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The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff

Source: The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff – Gastro Obscura   Vendors hawked the swill as “Pure Country Milk.” by Tyler Moss IN THE 1850S, NEW YORK City babies were being mysteriously poisoned. Nearly 8,000 babies a year shriveled to death from uncontrollable diarrhea, as reported by The New York Times. Without the luxuryContinue Reading The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff