Craig Hill Training Services
Business, Management and ESL Trainer
Alabama
December 1, 1955 – Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man
Rosa Parks’ stand off with an Alabama bus driver in 1955 turned into a wider movement that fought against segregation and inequality. African-Americans had wilfully violated the segregation of public transport before Rosa Parks, even in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, where 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested nine months earlier for the same crime of … Continue reading
August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast
On August 29th 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. After briefly coming ashore in southern Florida on August 25 as a … Continue reading
I also have a news site about China:
Recent Posts: China News
China in the News: February 24, 2021
Australian News Headlines: February 24, 2021
China critic Bolsonaro looks set for second term as Brazil president
War of words erupts as China blocks Taiwan from getting Pfizer COVID vaccine
Military coup in Myanmar – responses in geopolitical context
China says four PLA soldiers died in India border clash last year
