This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The New York Times
6/24/2020
While making the case for reparations, Nikole Hannah-Jones cites historians Eric Foner, Robin D.G. Kelley, Keri Leigh Merritt, Ira Katznelson, and James D. Anderson.
Source: Vox
6/24/2020
Historians Kevin Levin, Karen Cox, Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, and Michael Dickinson weigh-in on the history behind the Virginia street with five Confederate monuments.
Source: The Atlantic
6/25/2020
According to historian Christopher Phelps, Confederate monuments “are a representation of the way people in the early 20th century tried to justify that past and reconcile it with national unity.”
Source: The New York Times
6/22/2020
Dr. Allen, a Harvard political theorist whose work has spanned the Declaration of Independence and the governmental response to Covid-19, will lead an effort to cultivate “civic strength.”
Source: The Intercept
6/24/2020
UCLA history professor Robin D.G. Kelley on the current abolitionist movement and the violent history of racial capitalism.
Source: Washington Post
6/23/2020
In this interview, Lonnie Bunch discusses the purpose of the Smithsonian in 2020, the future of museums as institutions, and his own career path.
Source: AL.com
6/23/2020
The Alabama Department of Archives & History said in a statement on Tuesday that it is committed to developing programs and exhibits to promote a deeper understanding of the roots and consequences of racism.
Source: WGN9
6/24/2020
To not tell the full story of slavery, is to not tell the full story of America; said professor of history Leslie Harris.
Source: KCRW
6/24/2020
The local history project East of East seeks to amplify the histories of people of color in El Monte, CA.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
6/24/2020
Talk of “election integrity” by the Grand Old Party is inextricably intertwined with its modern history of pandering to racist elements of American life; any attempt to disentangle these stories and tell them separately is disingenuous, even if it angers partisans.
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen
6/19/2020
A project from historian Colin Gordon and his research team accounts racially-restrictive deed covenants and subdivision restrictions in Johnson County, Iowa.
Source: Daily Beast
6/20/2020
According to historian Sarah Bond, the practice goes all the way back to the ancient world.
Source: Los Angeles Times
6/24/2020
Los Angeles historian Gilbert Estrada's work shows how planners in the city used federal highway funding to disrupt multiracial communities and serve whites-only suburban developments, increasing segregation and inequality in the region.
Source: Vox
6/24/2020
Over about half a century, police unions have become one of the most powerful lobbies in local government. Historian Will Jones is among the experts who explain how.
Source: Scientific American
6/23/2020
Policing historian Stuart Schrader explains the military roots of many less-lethal police crowd-control weapons and the connections between military occupation and contemporary policing.
Source: Law & Liberty
6/22/2020
by George H. Nash
The award-winning historian's reflections on the writing and teaching of history offer a master class in the scholar's art.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
6/15/2020
The U.S. Army has 10 installations named after Confederate generals. Zero are named after women.
Source: The New York Times
6/23/2020
In the postwar era, Germany fundamentally redesigned law enforcement to prevent past atrocities from ever repeating. Its approach may hold lessons for police reform everywhere.
Source: Bloomberg CityLab
6/19/2020
These protests reflect the demographic shifts and diversification of U.S. suburbs and exurbs in recent decades, a challenge to the stereotype of a monochromatic suburbia.
Source: NPR
6/23/2020
American history professor Manisha Sinha discusses the recent push to remove statues of non-Confederate figures.
