History Tag

Washington and Lee University Offers Course on ‘How to Overthrow the State’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 31 Comments

For months now, Washington and Lee University in Virginia has been struggling over whether or not to strip Lee's name from the school, based on his association with the Confederacy. Yet the same school is now offering a course on how to overthrow the state. How's that for irony?

URI Removing Murals Commemorating WWII Veterans for Lacking Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 12 Comments

“These murals were a snapshot in time, but the images no longer represent who we are today and where we are going in the future” ...

University of Virginia Student Op-Ed: Take Down Jefferson Statues

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 05, 2020 4 Comments

"the most prominent Jefferson statues on Grounds belong to the same historical project as the Lee statue on Market Street — glorifying slaveholders"...

Revolutionary War Statue at University of Virginia Vandalized With Red Paint

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 20, 2020 1 Comment

"The statue depicts Revolutionary War-era figure George Rogers Clark"...

Wright State Economics Professor Says School Restricting Enrollment In Course Critical of Marxism

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 11, 2020 13 Comments

Economics Professor Evan Osborne of Wright State University in Ohio, wants to teach a course that is critical of Marxism, and claims he is being prevented from doing so. He has been allowed to offer the course to honor students, but he wants to offer it as an economics elective, open to all students.

Tulane Cancels Talk By Author After Students Misunderstand And Protest Book

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2020 47 Comments

Edward Ball is the author of a new book called 'Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy' which explores ugly, racist aspects of his own family's past. You would think this is a book which would appeal to progressive college students. At Tulane, a talk by Ball has been canceled for now, because student critics were outraged by the very idea of this event.

University at Buffalo Removing President Millard Fillmore’s Name From Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 05, 2020 5 Comments

"UB understands Fillmore’s complex role in the history of slavery in the United States, which includes the Fugitive Slave Act"...

73% of Dem College Students Support Removal of Statues of Founding Fathers Who Owned Slaves

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 02, 2020 3 Comments

"Another 12 percent were against and 15 percent are not sure."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzNyrFhzew

1619 Project Creator Admits “It Is Not A History” But a Fight “to Control the National Narrative”

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 28, 2020 51 Comments

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) thrust the New York Times' 1619 Project back into the spotlight when he threatened to defund schools that use it in the curriculum. The discussion led creator Hannah Jones to admit the 1619 Project is not history, but a "work of journalism."

Petition Demands Removal of Walt Whitman Statue at Rutgers University-Camden

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 24, 2020 9 Comments

"Rutgers-Camden has been making efforts recently to remove symbols around our campus which continue to perpetuate a racist past"...

Abolitionist Mural at Vermont Law School Deemed Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2020 11 Comments

"Apparently, the real problem is that the mural shows whites helping blacks."...

Michigan State Now Considering Removing James Madison’s Name From Dorm

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2020 3 Comments

“Our college is named after him because we too value academic achievement, intense deliberation, and a liberal society where our differences need not be our undoing."...

Student Groups at George Washington U. Want Names of Madison And Monroe Removed from Buildings

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 11, 2020 1 Comment

"Madison’s presidency, contribution to our political system, and status as a Founding Father does not and should not override his deep connection to slavery"...

Faculty at UNH Law School Votes to Drop Franklin Pierce From School Name

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 10, 2020 4 Comments

"of 25 full-time law school faculty, twelve supported the resolution, six voted against it, one abstained, and six didn’t vote"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzNyrFhzewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_7X0exvh8

Oprah, Lionsgate Pick Up Disgraced NYT ‘1619 Project’ for Film, TV

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 09, 2020 25 Comments

The "1619 Project" from The New York Times received criticism due to inaccuracies. A fact-checker on the series even knocked on the paper after it ignored her expertise. Facts don't matter to Hollywood because Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate picked up the series to make it into a series of television shows and films.

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