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American History

America’s Founding Documents Were not only for White People, Say Scholars & Activists

August 18, 2020 By Erik Curren

Crispus Attucks

Was the United States founded as a racist nation, as the New York Times “1619 Project” contends? Or was America actually the world’s first explicitly anti-racist country?

Filed Under: American History Tagged With: 1619 Project, abolition of slavery, Danielle Allen, Declaration of Independence, Lucas Morel

George Washington: ‘Horrible Slaveowner’ or Unsung Hero of Abolition?

August 11, 2020 By Erik Curren

George Washington has been under attack on social media and late night comedy. A new book tells the truth about how the founding father related to his enslaved people.

Filed Under: American History Tagged With: abolition of slavery, George Washington, Rev. Richard Allen

With Confederates Coming Down, the South Needs A New Story. Start with “Smokey and the Bandit.”

August 5, 2020 By Erik Curren

Smokey and the Bandit

More than just a goofball road movie or even propaganda for a racially sanitized “New South” that never existed, the 1977 film offers a hopeful vision of the South that suggests a better story for the region.

Filed Under: American History

Book Review: Biography of John C. Calhoun by Irving Bartlett

June 28, 2020 By Erik Curren

John C. Calhoun

How did white supremacy get so ingrained in American society? You need to ask the antebellum South’s most famous advocate for slavery, John C. Calhoun.

Filed Under: American History, Book Reviews Tagged With: apologists for slavery

Book Review: ‘The Man Who Would Not Be Washington’ by Jonathan Horn

June 18, 2020 By Erik Curren

Statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, VA with Black Lives Matter graffiti

An impressive figure in many ways, caving to peer pressure from slaveocrats forever made Robert E. Lee a villain, not a hero, in the American story.

Filed Under: American History, Book Reviews Tagged With: Civil War, Confederate statues

No Empty Pedestals: Richmond Should Replace Confederates with Statues of Real Heroes

June 7, 2020 By Erik Curren

Frederick Douglass

Richmond, Virginia is finally getting serious about taking down Confederate statues. In their place, the city should put up heroes of freedom from American history like these.

Filed Under: American History Tagged With: Confederate statues, Richmond VA

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