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: Washington Post
2/20/19
Alfred Moore Waddell became the mayor of Wilmington, N.C., in November 1898 after leading the only successful coup on U.S. soil.
Source: Black Perspectives
2/20/19
by Tiffany Florvil
This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the annual Black History Month celebrations in Berlin, which became a fixture in the Black German community.
Source: History Now
Accessed 2/21/19
by Vicki L. Ruiz
Latina history is American history.
Source: The Conversation
2/14/19
by Warren Clarke and Nadine Powell
Given the strong geographical connection between Canada and the U.S., it is reasonable to question why Black Canadians are missing from the Niagara Movement’s historical narrative.
Source: Washington Post
2/19/19
by Jeffrey Herf
The lessons of the Weimar Republic.
Source: Huffington Post
2/18/19
The books, letters and articles Obama shared were meant to provide “some essential context about the challenges that many people of color face every day,” he wrote on Facebook.
Source: The Fern
2/18/19
Monica M. White, assistant professor of environmental justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, traces the history of black land-based social movements from the time of slavery to today’s urban gardens in Rust Belt cities.
Source: Washington Post
2/16/19
The history of blackface in American politics is wide and deep, frequently creating little more than a ripple of outrage for the mayors, state legislators and gubernatorial candidates caught on camera darkening their skin and caricaturing black people.
Source: Washington Post
2/17/19
If it weren’t for an overheard conversation in a New York jail, we might all be drinking British tea today.
Source: Forbes
2/18/19
The drinking habits of presidents past and present.
Source: Wall Street Journal
2/15/19
In recognition of Black History Month, here are a few facts and figures about the African-American experience in the U.S.
Source: Slate
2/14/19
A new history reveals that for female slaveholders, the business of human exploitation was just as profitable—and brutal—as it was for men.
Source: Washington Post
2/19/19
“If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we’d all been better off,” he told the paper, explaining, “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them.”
Source: Washington Post
2/18/19
The proposed memorial could be the only one in the nation to include both a president and his assassin.
Source: Alabama.com
2/18/19
The reason for the Alabama variation stems from old grudges birthed in the Civil War.
She became a millionaire after giving Madam C.J. Walker her big break as a sales agent.
Source: The Conversation
2/15/19
by Stacy A. Cordery
Before Theodore Roosevelt ascended to the presidency in 1901, the question of how hard a president toiled was of little concern to Americans.
Source: New York Review of Books
Accessed 2/14/19
by Sean Wilentz
Twenty years after Kenneth Starr delivered to Congress his report recommending the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, the former independent counsel has delivered a second report, in the form of a memoir, condemning Clinton all over again.
Source: Smithsonian.com
2/13/19
From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, the threat to a region’s water supply is the cruelest cut of all
Source: NY Times Magazine
2/13/19
Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?
