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
8/23/2020
His assignments for leading magazines took him to pivotal events of the civil rights era. He was also known for his photographs of artists.
Source: New York Daily News
8/23/2020
Through her sister, historians are beginning to learn more about Sarah Jane Smith Garnet — a Suffragette whose role in the movement has been almost entirely overlooked.
Source: The New York Times
8/24/2020
The notion that history can be rewritten is a powerful one. It starts by taking the pen from the authors we’ve always had — and giving it to someone else.
Source: The Guardian
8/25/2020
Hans Sloane ‘pushed off pedestal’ and placed with artefacts putting his work in context of British empire.
Source: The Atlantic
8/23/2020
The Democrats were forced out of the old, and figured out the new. How will Republicans respond?
Source: BBC
8/24/2020
Included in the list are well-known locations such as Bold Street, Seel Street and Falkner Square.
Source: WBUR
8/25/2020
Wentworth Cheswill had an integral role in what may have been the first true battle of the Revolutionary War in Porsmouth, New Hampshire.
Source: Washington Post
8/24/2020
One lesson from international efforts: Keep reparations distinct from general social support.
Source: The Intercept
8/24/2020
At the wind energy industry’s behest, the FBI and DHS gamed out attacks on facilities that they acknowledged face no threat.
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
8/24/2020
The history of nuclear power and nuclear weapons has historically been entangled with the history of colonialism and global white supremacy.
Source: Harper's Bazaar
8/20/2020
From suffrage to 2020’s vice presidential nominee, Black sororities have been part of the political process. But some sisters believe their actions could be bolder. Historian Paula Giddings discusses the significance of Black sororities and social clubs in fighting for voting rights.
Source: Scientific American
8/24/2020
"If Scientific American is to help shape a more just and hopeful future, we must learn from the arrogance and exclusions of our past. Not just because it is right, but because the power of scientific knowledge is stronger for it."
Source: Washington Post
8/21/2020
The pledge to send police and military personnel to watch polling places echoes conduct that resulted in a 1981 consent decree against the Republican National Committee for voter intimidation in New Jersey. This is the first year that the RNC is not bound by the decree.
Source: New York Times
8/21/2020
Ending racial preferences in a state university system harmed Black and Hispanic students while doing little to lift whites and Asian-Americans, a study asserts.
Source: The Guardian
8/21/2020
Photographer Justin Hamel is about a quarter of the way to photographing 1,200 New Deal-era murals in post offices across the United States.
Source: Smithsonian
8/20/2020
No reckoning would be adequate, I knew—but looking away was no longer an option. I wrote to Karen that I was thinking of going to Montgomery to look at the Pickett family papers. She suggested we tackle them together.
Source: TIME
8/18/2020
“It’s deeply troubling that on the verge of Virginia passing long-overdue police reform, the first Black woman to serve as our Senate Pro Tempore is suddenly facing highly unusual charges,” said Gov. Ralph Northam.
Source: Smithsonian
8/18/2020
Fannie Lou Hamer suffered unspeakable violence and intimidation at the hands of white supremacists and police to demand the right to vote, and challenged the Democratic Party to reject its southern segregationist branch in 1964.
Source: The Intercept
8/18/2020
In 2018, the president called birthright citizenship “ridiculous” and vowed to stop it by executive order.
Source: Forward
8/18/2020
A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue found 36 Facebook groups specifically dedicated to Holocaust denial.
