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
2/4/19
Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a tomb that consisted of a number of chambers that dated from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. that were accessible through a corridor and sloping set of stairs.
Source: CNN
2/2/19
Blackface isn't just about painting one's skin darker or putting on a costume. It invokes a racist and painful history.
Source: Washington Post
2/2/19
Capt. Rosemary Mariner, who died Jan. 24, broke barriers throughout her career, opening doors for other women.
Source: History Channel
2/1/19
In the early 1700s, Onesimus shared a revolutionary way to prevent smallpox.
Source: USA Today
2/1/19
“By learning about LGBTQ people who have made amazing contributions to their country, they are seeing possibilities for themselves and hope for the future."
Source: NY Times
2/1/19
The Bratwurst Museum had unwittingly stepped into a long-running debate about what to do with the thousands of places that were once part of the Nazis’ extensive machinery of death.
2/2/19
Many experts worry that the U.S. is repeating the mistakes of Vietnam in Afghanistan.
Source: The Conversation
1/31/19
by Alexander Koch, Chris Brierley, Mark Maslin, Simon Lewis
This new study clarifies the size of pre-Columbian populations and their impact on their environment.
Source: Atlantic
Accessed 2/1/19
What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us.
Source: Rave
Accessed 2/1/19
Check out this neat iconographic that shows the history of coffee.
Source: Deadline Detroit
1/31/19
Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly, already under fire for killing the current issue of the city-funded Dearborn Historian because it carried a report on Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism, has now fired the magazine’s editor.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
2/1/9
He was discussing language in a James Baldwin essay. Given the slur's potential to throw learning off course, is it ever worth using in the classroom -- if it ever was?
Source: Washington Post
2/1/19
Carter G. Woodson’s unpublished work was discovered in 2005 by a Howard University history professor.
Source: Education Week
1/22/19
Schools and other public structures that memorialize leaders of the Confederacy have gained intense attention and generated fierce arguments recently.
Source: The Conversation
1/30/19
by Chris Lamb
"She had to live through the death threats, endure the vile screams of the fans and watch her husband get knocked down by pitch after pitch. … She was beautiful and wise and replenished his strength and courage.”
Source: The Conversation
1/31/19
by Walter E. Fluker
Thurman played an important role in the civil rights struggle as a key mentor to many leaders of the movement, including Martin Luther King Jr., among others.
Source: CBS News
1/30/19
"We are not focused on the events of the 1980s. We are focused on the events of 2019."
Source: New York Times
1/31/19
Through images and personal essays by longtime New York Times writers, a vivid look at the man who made baseball truly American.
Source: Washington Post
1/29/19
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled overwhelmingly for these sailors, finding they are eligible for the same disability benefits as those who put boots on the ground or patrolled Vietnam’s inland rivers.
Source: Washington Post
1/29/19
The Anti-Defamation League criticized the Facebook post on Sunday and countered more vehemently on Monday the local GOP’s attempts to tie the Holocaust to leftism.
