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Wayne State professor's book 'I Saw Death Coming' in contention for National Book Award
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Wayne State University professor is in the running for one of the most prestigious honors in...
55 vintage photos show what life looked like in the 1920s
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 week agoWomen at a café in Paris, circa 1920.Branger/Roger Viollet via Getty Images It's no secret that...
A country's monuments tell its stories. A $500M donation could help diversify US history.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn Chicago and in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, a national monument honoring Emmett Till and Mamie...
The ‘American Whitelash’ Is Far From Over
Politico via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThere’s an oft-repeated story that the rise of Donald Trump was propelled by a wave of white grievance in the wake of President Barack Obama’s election —...
New slavery curriculum in Florida is latest in century of 'undermining history'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn 1918, prominent American historian Ulrich Bonnell Phillips framed institutional slavery as a...
Letters: Local mom to Florida lawmakers — don’t reopen ‘Charleston Loophole’
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFlorida’s legislative session begins Tuesday and some Republican lawmakers are aiming to roll back...
Friday is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does Florida still celebrate it and what does it mean?
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoFlorida does not seem to want to let go of its Confederate heritage. On Friday, April 26, the state of Florida officially honors the Floridians who took up arms in the Confederate battle against ...
National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice
Politico via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows Saturday with a theme...
The HDC and preserving Portsmouth's architecture: Letters
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe HDC and preserving Portsmouth's architecture Dec. 28 −To the Editor: I agree with writer Susan...
Racism came home to roost at Florida Capitol. GOP shocked it’s their bill’s fault | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFlorida lawmakers got a taste of the bigotry their legislation has helped to legitimize in the past...