New book sheds light on untold civil rights history in Bakersfield

August 7, 2024 / By Victoria Rodgers
Tags: Bakersfield, civil rights, History, Kern County, Oliver Rosales

It’s often stated that if you don’t know your history, you’ll be doomed to repeat it.

First uncounted, then undercounted: Census track record on Native Americans

January 28, 2020 / By Ethnic Media Services, Indian Country Today
Tags: 2020 Census, Alaska Natives, Census 2020, History, Indian, Native American, Undercount

BY JOURDAN BENNETT-BEGAYE

The first enumeration of the 2020 Census starts this week in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a remote Yup’ik village on the coast of the Bering Sea.

At Kern County schools, is LGBTQ history ignored?

April 23, 2018 / By Kern Sol News and Andrew Alvarez
Tags: Commentary, education, Feautured, History, LGBTQ, opinion

BY: Andrew Alvarez

LGBTQ history is brushed off, often regarded as an off-limit topic that’s impolite to broach.