My Country – Building Our Railroad System Whenever we get stuck on the wrong side of the railroad tracks, no one considers how they were built. We sit, turn off our car, and wait. But most of the industrialization of our country took place due to those railroad lines. In today’s entry in An Almanac of …
My Country – Arthur Wergs Mitchell In 1934, Arthur Wergs Mitchell became the first Democratic African-American member of Congress. Representing the First District of Illinois, Mitchell integrated himself into the Chicago political machine and changed political parties. However, over time, the machine came to dislike him as he challenged their authority. He began his career as an …