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: NY Times
4/8/19
The memorial is dedicated to slaves and African-American workers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Source: The Atlantic
4/11/19
As those who lived through it are dying off, and some people claim it never happened, what will happen to sites of remembrance?
Source: Washington Post
4/9/19
This is the first direct image of something theorized for more than a century.
Source: Smithsonian.com
4/9/19
An immersive story about the bold and diverse women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.
Source: Columbia Spectator
4/11/19
Women speak up. A tenured professor is accused of sexual misconduct. Who does the University protect?
Source: The Conversation
4/11/19
by Saeed Ahmed Khan
Some of the earliest arrivals to this land were Muslim immigrants.
Source: The Conversation
4/8/19
by John Torpey
Does the United States owe descendants of slaves reparations?
Source: Politico
4/10/19
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president’s failure to name his historic compound after himself.
Source: NY Times
4/4/19
Prime Minister Charles Michel of Belgium delivered a speech last Thursday apologizing for the country’s actions toward mixed-race children in Central Africa.
Source: NY Times
4/7/19
France has admitted mistakes in how it handled the killings but has always denied the accusations of complicity
Source: NY Times
4/8/19
Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost the 2018 race for Georgia governor, visited the Library Company of Philadelphia for a conversation on voter suppression with historians Carol Anderson, Heather Ann Thompson, Heather Cox Richardson, and Kevin Kruse.
Source: The Atlantic
4/9/19
by Dan Cohen
The question now is how to leverage its nature to make it maximally useful and used.
Source: NPR
4/8/19
That line, our country is full, has a particular resonance for Jews.
Source: CNN
4/8/19
The bill, originally introduced by former Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and currently sponsored in the House by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, has emerged as a key issue for 2020 Democrats.
Source: NY Times
4/7/19
Michigan spent five years debating how to teach American history. One of the biggest questions was how to describe the nation’s government.
Source: NY Times
4/7/19
Casimir Pulaski had male characteristics, like facial hair and male-pattern baldness, but his skeleton looked female. Researchers now believe he was intersex.
Source: Reuters
4/6/19
“I went - ‘BING!’ - it was done,” Trump said on Saturday, describing the swiftness of his decision. “We make fast decisions. And we make good decisions.”
Source: The Hill
4/6/19
The History Channel aired the fourth part of a six-hour docuseries called "The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen," a historical look at pioneers such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett as well as explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Native American Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
Source: The Conversation
4/5/19
by Aileen Teague
If Trump ever follows through on his threat and puts up a closed sign at the southern border, it wouldn’t be the first time. Twice in the last half-century the U.S. has tried to use the border to force Mexico to bend to America’s will.
Source: One Class
Accessed 4/4/19
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