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: NYT
February 11, 2016
The video shows what appears to be a routine traffic stop with the professor, Imani Perry, who sounds shaken but appears compliant.
Source: Access WDUN
February 12, 2016
The prize is for "Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad."
Source: The Oberlin Review
February 12, 2016
In an interview about his new book he says "a lot of white Northerners had this notion that the North was better.”
Source: KPLU
February 15, 2016
“At first, I sort of bristled at the comparison to Wikipedia, but we actually want BlackPast to be a kind of Wikipedia for African-American and African history.” — Quintard Taylor
Source: NYT
February 14, 2016
She won the prize from Gilder Lehman for her book, "Mourning Lincoln."
Source: The Guardian
February 13, 2016
Stephan Templ, 55, was convicted of serious fraud for hiding the existence of an estranged aunt when he applied on behalf of his mother for the return of a building in Vienna which was seized from his family in 1938.
Source: The Guardian
February 13, 2016
Academics have rallied to the defense of one of the world’s leading Holocaust historians after reports that Poland intends to strip him of a national honor because he claimed that Poles were complicit in Nazi war crimes.
Source: Informed Comment
February 12, 2016
by Juan Cole
The historian? Henry Kissinger.
Source: The Real News
February 11, 2016
"Most Confederate statues in Baltimore ... go up between 1890 and 1940.” There’s a reason for that.
February 12, 2016
by Erik Moshe
This week ... rightwing paranoia in the sixties, Obama's liberal ideology and conservative style, the big business roots of conservatism and more.
Source: Patheos
February 10, 2016
Don’t do it unless it’s your passion.
Source: ekathimerini.com
February 11, 2016
The author of “Operation Mercury: The Invasion of Crete,” had been charged by a Greek prosecutor with “denial of a defamatory nature of the Nazi crimes committed against the Cretan people.”
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 7, 2016
by Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Her name is Shelley Fisher Fishkin and she teaches at Stanford.
Source: WSJ
February 9, 2016
by Jason L. Riley
"Black History Month’s sunset might seem long overdue, but the celebration is too useful politically for that to happen anytime soon."
Source: The Guardian
February 6, 2016
by Mary Beard
Only four female writers appeared in the list of top 50 bestselling history titles in the UK last year.
Source: New Jersey On-Line
February 8, 2016
Police say she was arrested for driving on a suspended license.
Source: NBC Montana
February 7, 2016
Denison, the former president, is receiving $59,000 a year to work one-third of full time, or roughly 13 hours a week.
Source: The Atlantic
February 8, 2016
The magazine focuses on a Harvard Business School professor who’s using the case studies method.
Source: Deseret News
February 7, 2016
"We all know there is a lot of sensitivity related to questions about women in the church right now."
Source: AHA Today
February 8, 2016
The AHA issued a letter urging Turkish President Erdogan to respect academic freedom and freedom of expression.
