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: The Washington Post
Mar 26, 2018
As in Vietnam, students have a stake in this fight.
Source: ctpost
Mar 25, 2018
But what may be more interesting is that only 2 school districts in the country require all students starting to take a half-year course in African-American Studies, Caribbean/Latin-American Studies or Perspectives on Race to graduate.
Source: Smithsonian
Mar 25, 2018
The relics came from ancient Antioch and were buried by museum officials in 1989 for storage purposes.
Source: National Coalition for History
Mar 23, 2018
by Lee White
Major Victory: Across the board, history, archival and education programs were either level funded or received small increases.
Source: Smithsonian
Mar 23, 2018
Preservationists say they have identified the home of famed black abolitionist William Still, who offered refuge to hundreds of freedom seekers.
Source: Time Magazine
Mar 23, 2018
But Not How You’d Expect
Source: Time Magazine
Mar 23, 2018
A search of available public records found that Clarence William Donnor, a Navy radio technician believed to have been among the Indianapolis crew, had continued to serve until he was discharged in 1946. But he wasn’t a 317th survivor. In fact, he had not been on the ship in the first place.
Source: NY Review of Books
Mar 23, 2018
It’s reminiscent of Communist-era censorship.
Source: History channel
Mar 23, 2018
The short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants—some of them American citizens—from the United States.
Source: Vice
Mar 23, 2018
David Pilgrim started collecting racist objects when he was a boy of 12 living in Alabama at the tail end of the Jim Crow era. And now, the 64-year-old sociologist's items comprise one of the largest collections of racist memorabilia in the country.
Source: Smithsonian
Mar 22, 2018
To better understand the nation’s most aggressive eugenic sterilization program, our research team tracked sterilization requests of over 20,000 people.
Source: Expatica
Mar 22, 2018
Polish victims of World War II should be able to claim 440 billion euros ($543 billion) from Germany in World War II damages, the head of a parliamentary commission said.
Source: NPR
Mar 22, 2018
National security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is leaving the Trump administration and will retire from the army this summer.
Source: The Times of Israel
Mar 22, 2018
Law attempting to penalize people overseas, independently of the laws in their countries, may go against Poland's constitution, says country's top justice official.
Source: Athens Banner-Herald
Mar 21, 2018
When faculty and administrators drive in to their jobs at Baldwin Hall, they’re driving over the graves of slaves or former slaves.
Source: Smithsonian
Mar 20, 2018
Many Parisians hated the Eiffel Tower when it was first erected in 1889. Although it may seem impossible now, the sentiment is perhaps more believable when you consider that the monument was originally painted red.
Source: The Washington Post
Mar 20, 2018
A team funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen recently discovered the wreckage of the USS Juneau 2.6 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, near the Solomon Islands.
Source: Vox
Mar 20, 2018
With Trump as president, we find ourselves asking again: How strong is support for democracy in America really? Could Americans actually let an authoritarian strongman trample on our democratic norms?
Source: The Washington Post
Mar 20, 2018
When did this craziness about the Rothschilds begin? A long time ago. Why? The Battle of Waterloo.
Source: NYT
Mar 20, 2018
His findings trace the prehistoric migrations of our species.
