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The Long and Gruesome History of the Battle Over American Textbooks
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHistorian Donald Yacovone did not set out to write a book about white supremacy. A lifetime...
Texas considers calling slavery ‘involuntary relocation’ in public school textbooks
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSchool textbooks in Texas could soon refer to slavery as “involuntary relocation” under proposals...
A new book reveals an ‘overlooked’ chapter in Abraham Lincoln’s story
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a Tuesday evening in the nation’s capital, a clock chimes loudly just as Harold Holzer is about...
York County’s Black experience: From slavery to a history center telling their story
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoYork County’s Black experience: From slavery to a History and Culture Center telling their story...
What’s a Non-White Voter Anyway?
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrom the Stirewalt on Politics on The Dispatch John F. Kennedy, making a speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) The Last Hurrah was a very fine...
Education proposal in Texas would replace ‘slavery’ with ‘involuntary relocation’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA working group of Texas educators wants to omit the word “slavery” from second-grade social studies...
Op-Ed: American history is a parade of horrors — and also heroes
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Brown, an evangelical militia leader who was hanged for trying to arm enslaved people for an...
Fashion History Lesson: the Origins and Recent Strides of the U.S. Garment Labor Movement
Fashionista via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe fight for labor rights in apparel manufacturing dates back to slavery, and it's still going...
Texas Educators Propose Slavery Be Taught As 'Involuntary Relocation'
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRepublican-led states are continuing to remake Black history into a clean-cut retelling with...
Opinion/Singh: An immigrant and an optimist in the American experiment
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDr. Arun K. Singh is a heart surgeon, Professor of Surgery (Clinical), Emeritus, Warren Alpert...