Historian Stages Sleep-Ins to Save SC Slave Cabins
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 12:38
The Associated Press reports that when Joe McGill spreads his sleeping bag on the floor of a slave cabin, he knows that spending the night there will conjure the specter of slavery.
"If I were a firm believer in ghosts and spirits and things of that nature, I don't think I could do this," said McGill, a pr ...
Texas Conservatives Try to Whitewash Slavery From Textbooks
Fri, 05/21/2010 - 08:43
The Associated Press reports that public school students in Texas would be required to evaluate efforts by global organizations to undermine U.S. sovereignty in one of a series of changes that conservatives on the State Board of Education made Thursday to new social studies guidelines.
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Do our political affiliations, societal actions shame our ancestors?
Thu, 04/08/2010 - 00:00
Have we muddled their legacy? ...
Historians Blast Proposed Texas Social Studies Curriculum
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 07:04
The Washington Post reports that historians have criticized proposed revisions to the Texas social studies curriculum, saying that many of the changes are historically inaccurate and that they would affect textbooks and classrooms far beyond the state's borders.
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Texas is all set to whitewash Black history
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 00:00
Right wingers in Texas omit minorities from textbooks. ...
When it comes to Black History, don’t let history repeat itself
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 10:03
When it comes to ignoring Black History, are we doomed to repeat mistakes we made in the past? ...
Four reasons Black history is left out
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 02:01
Black history might be included but it could always be better. ...
The politics of Black history
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 02:00
Black history is woven into curriculum, but it's not enough. ...
Black history is not fully integrated
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 09:41
In our "colorblind, post-racial" age, is studying black history still relevant?
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