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
2-11-16
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
2-12-16
The prize is for "Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad."
Source: The Oberlin Review
2-12-16
In an interview about his new book he says "a lot of white Northerners had this notion that the North was better.”
Source: KPLU
2-15-16
“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
2-14-16
She won the prize from Gilder Lehman for her book, "Mourning Lincoln."
Source: The Guardian
2-13-16
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
2-13-16
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
2-12-16
by Juan Cole
The historian? Henry Kissinger.
Source: The Real News
2-11-16
"Most Confederate statues in Baltimore ... go up between 1890 and 1940.” There’s a reason for that.
2-12-16
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
2-10-16
Don’t do it unless it’s your passion.
Source: ekathimerini.com
2-11-16
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
2-7-16
by Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Her name is Shelley Fisher Fishkin and she teaches at Stanford.
Source: WSJ
2-9-16
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
2-6-16
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
2-8-16
Police say she was arrested for driving on a suspended license.
Source: NBC Montana
2-7-16
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
2-8-16
The magazine focuses on a Harvard Business School professor who’s using the case studies method.
Source: Deseret News
2-7-16
"We all know there is a lot of sensitivity related to questions about women in the church right now."
Source: AHA Today
2-8-16
The AHA issued a letter urging Turkish President Erdogan to respect academic freedom and freedom of expression.
