Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Columbus Day Celebrations...
Boston, however, has no dearth of Columbus Day celebrations. Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented the 10th Annual Christopher Columbus Community Spirit Awards at City Hall on Thursday to recognize Italian-Americans who have contributed to the community...
...Columbus' Legacy...
Conflicts about Columbus Day have led to the rise of alternative celebrations. But the view of Columbus the man has also evolved throughout the years...
...human being, he was a man of his time," Kilpatrick says. "Europeans were very caught up in the ideology of domination. I would say that Christopher Columbus and the European explorers are perpetrators of genocide, people who had an attitude of white supremacy and Christian supremacy and who had a mentality that it was alright to dominate and kill and take from people who were different...