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: CNN
Feb 2, 2019
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
Feb 2, 2019
Capt. Rosemary Mariner, who died Jan. 24, broke barriers throughout her career, opening doors for other women.
Feb 2, 2019
Many experts worry that the U.S. is repeating the mistakes of Vietnam in Afghanistan.
Source: History Channel
Feb 1, 2019
In the early 1700s, Onesimus shared a revolutionary way to prevent smallpox.
Source: USA Today
Feb 1, 2019
“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
Feb 1, 2019
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.
Source: Atlantic
Feb 1, 2019
What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us.
Source: Rave
Feb 1, 2019
Check out this neat iconographic that shows the history of coffee.
Source: Washington Post
Feb 1, 2019
Carter G. Woodson’s unpublished work was discovered in 2005 by a Howard University history professor.
Source: The Conversation
Jan 31, 2019
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: Deadline Detroit
Jan 31, 2019
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: The Conversation
Jan 31, 2019
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: New York Times
Jan 31, 2019
Through images and personal essays by longtime New York Times writers, a vivid look at the man who made baseball truly American.
Source: The Conversation
Jan 30, 2019
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: CBS News
Jan 30, 2019
"We are not focused on the events of the 1980s. We are focused on the events of 2019."
Source: Washington Post
Jan 29, 2019
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
Jan 29, 2019
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.
Source: National Security Archive
Jan 29, 2019
Declassified Documents Show Moscow’s Fear of an Afghan Flip, U.S. Diplomat’s Meeting with Afghan Leader Helped Put Soviets Over the Edge
Source: Reason
Jan 29, 2019
It's time to remedy the effects of that terrible policy.
Source: New Yorker
Jan 29, 2019
How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.
