In our time spent searching for primary and secondary sources to use in our research, I have learned that there are few secondary sources concerning the migration of Congolese people to Kirksville. This, of course, makes sense for the temporal scale within which we are working. This migration has only occurred within the past 5 […]
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A Greater Focus
The inception of a research project lies in a question waiting to be answered, a problem waiting to be solved. Often times, the research interests of one person don’t directly align with others’. Fortunate for our research endeavors, Maggie and I had the same idea of what we wanted to study in terms of migration […]
In Which Life Laughs at Our Best Laid Plans
Ready to explore the archival records and other resources concerning migration to Kirksville, I left my house this morning to meet my partner, Maggie, at Pickler Memorial Library for our Research Assistance Program (RAP) session. Eager to speak directly with a librarian who is a specialist in history and sociology who could provide us with […]
A Country of Contradictions: Deconstructing the Melting Pot Myth
I can recall hearing the phrase “America is a melting pot” for the first time in a social studies class in middle school. The melting pot analogy provides a simplified statement used to help children learn about the diverse demography of the United States, but like the elusive American Dream, it doesn’t seem to quite […]