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: Chronicle of Higher Education
6/27/2020
Princeton's decision is all the more notable for how recently the university had resisted this precise step.
Source: New York Times
6/25/2020
Descendants of Robert E. Lee and others whose statues are coming down are confronting this moment’s reassessment of history in a very personal way.
Source: CNN
6/28/2020
The creator of The New York Times 1619 project and Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks with CNN's Manu Raju about the history behind the wealth gap between white Americans and Black Americans
Source: WAMU
6/28/2020
Four men have been charged with destruction of federal property for allegedly trying to topple the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square.
Source: The Guardian
6/26/2020
The FBI has long disrupted and discredited civil rights leaders. It should put its authorities to better use by holding officers accountable.
Source: The Bulwark
6/26/2020
by Stuart Stevens
I ask myself now why did it take so long for me to realize what it might be like for nearly 40 percent of my state to go to school and work under a flag that represented a cause dedicated to the right to own their ancestors?
Source: Informed Comment
6/28/2020
by Juan Cole
In Washington, a leak like this makes you ask questions. Who leaked the information and why?
Source: Slate
6/22/2020
The precedent means that election authorities have a positive obligation to alleviate conditions that could make voters afraid to cast a ballot. In the 1960s, that meant the Klan. Under COVID, it could mean crowded polls, long lines, or the lack of means to vote by mail.
Source: KTVU
3/22/2020
Protests on Oakland reflect the energy of young organizers but also a legacy of African American activism. Five community leaders reflect on continuity and change in the city.
Source: WTOP
6/22/2020
Students of the school, 80% of whom are nonwhite, expressed their desire to stop memorializing the Confederate general.
Source: Vanity Fair
6/23/2020
by Kiese Laymon
For years members of the community have fought state legislators to have a Confederate statue removed. Faculty are releasing this statement in response to new plans for the memorial that would include its move to a newly renovated cemetery, “a shrine to white supremacy,” as one staff member and signatory puts it.
Source: Charleston Post and Courier (SC)
6/25/2020
The city's removal of John C. Calhoun's statue was much more difficult than anticipated. May we assume the same of his legacy?
Source: NPR
6/19/2020
Local historians in Chicago seek to preserve the life story of Nancy Green, whose life was only partly defined by the advertising symbol she portrayed.
Source: Boston Review
6/23/2020
We need not wait for Congress or the Supreme Court to deny police officers qualified immunity when they violate constitutional rights. State attorneys general and city law departments can—and should—lead the charge themselves.
Source: Washington Post
6/23/2020
The documentary film “Kim Il Sung’s Children” will be released June 25, the 70th anniversary of the Korean War’s start.
Source: Washington Post
6/23/2020
The insurer’s radio ad used the phrase ‘Fort Pillow,’ which is the name of a Tennessee fort where 300 Union soldiers were killed after surrendering.
Source: The Sportsman
6/22/2020
Although his title fight with Joe Louis was treated as a symbol for both racial conflict and the looming battle between fascism and democracy, the German heavyweight was relieved to be dumped as a mascot of the Nazi party after a decisive loss to the African American champion.
Source: WBUR
6/23/2020
WBUR's On Point discusses the issue of reparations to African Americans with economics and public policy professor William Darity and also discusses the legacy of the Rosewood Massacre with the grandson of the oldest survivor of the Florida episode of racist terrorism.
Source: ABC News
6/23/2020
Jackson has long been criticized by Native American activists for his role in forcing indigenous tribes off their ancestral lands. Many of them died in the process. Trump, however, has repeatedly praised Jackson.
Source: The New York Times
6/25/2020
Recent research indicates little progress since the Truman administration.
