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Holocaust Denial: Trump's Assault on DEI Is an Affront to American History Apr. 08, 2025
With the erasure of 10% of Americans' retirement savings in 48 hours last week, the anniversary of D... Read More
Learning and Leisure Abound in Talbot County Jun. 23, 2024
By Victor Block As I steered the car into the tiny town of Oxford (population about 600), I began to... Read More
Talbot County, Maryland: A Throwback to History and Americana Jun. 22, 2024
By Fyllis Hockman Talbot County, Maryland, is old. Very old. One of the earliest buildings, a Quaker... Read More
Rounding Out Black History Month With National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' Anthology Mar. 01, 2024
For the past two years, students in my Black history Sports Icons course have watched Regina King's ... Read More
Churches Teaching Black History Have a Unique Opportunity Nov. 10, 2023
At the end of October, NPR reposted a story that featured an interview with Sharon Riley, the pastor... Read More
White Wash: Ron DeSantis Will Decide What Your Children Learn About Black History Jan. 24, 2023
Facing History and Ourselves has a mission statement that seems not just sensible but indisputable. ... Read More
Teaching Bill Russell's Legacy to a New Generation Aug. 05, 2022
As the accolades overflowed from current and former NBA players when Boston Celtics great Bill Russe... Read More
Learning the Lessons of Black History Feb. 16, 2022
February is Black History Month. Why do we need Black History Month? Why don't we set aside special... Read More
Marking Juneteenth, the Actual End of Slavery, isn't 'Black History' -- It's American History Jun. 22, 2021
America moved one step closer last week to fully acknowledging the history and continuing impact of ... Read More
How to Keep Critical Race Theory and Other Bummers Out of Schoolbooks Jun. 19, 2021
Maybe you've heard the term "critical race theory" at 25-cent wing night. No? Well, you didn't come ... Read More
What Left-Wing Educators Don't Teach During 'Black History Month' Feb. 18, 2021
When will Black History Month be ... history? Apart from the bizarre notion that educators should se... Read More
Insults to Black History Jun. 24, 2020
Many whites are ashamed, saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow and gross r... Read More
Intolerance in Academia Oct. 16, 2019
If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation's institutions of higher learnin... Read More
Do We Really Still Need Black History Month? Feb. 05, 2019
Every so often, even now, somebody asks why America needs a Black History Month, which kicks off tod... Read More
The Past Can Determine the Present, Future Feb. 04, 2019
In African culture, the griot, or storyteller, repeats the old stories and passes knowledge on to th... Read More
