History Tag

California State University-Fresno Students Petition for Removal of Campus Gandhi Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 02, 2020 6 Comments

“Gandhi was deeply prejudiced against all minorities, from black Africans, Jews, to low-caste Hindus”...

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UW-Madison Chancellor Announces Abraham Lincoln Statue Will Stay on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 7 Comments

"The university continues to support the Abraham Lincoln statue on our campus"...

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Boston Arts Commission Votes to Remove Emancipation Memorial

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 01, 2020 33 Comments

The Boston Arts Commission voted 8-0 to remove the Emancipation Memorial out of Boston's Park Square and into temporary storage. At least professionals will take it down instead of the mob?

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Hofstra University Agrees to Relocate Jefferson Statue, Student Activists Unsatisfied

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 4 Comments

"statue would be moved from its current location at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center to behind the school’s Emily Lowe Museum"...

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George Washington University Supports D.C. Statehood With No Indication of a Faculty, Student Vote

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 29, 2020 1 Comment

"As one of the oldest institutions in the city, the university may have legitimately wanted to be heard on the question."...

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Young Woman From Venezuela Warns Americans the Toppling of Statues is ‘Where Revolutions Start’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 27, 2020 24 Comments

Elizabeth Rogliani is a young woman from Venezuela living in the U.S., and she has a dire warning for Americans. When it comes to roving mobs of cultural Marxists toppling historic statues, she has seen this all before. Her main message is this: Don't think it can't happen here.

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‘Art Crime’ Prof Offers Advice on How to More Easily Topple Monuments

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 27, 2020 0 Comments

“use chain instead of rope”...

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Student Activists Demand Removal of Abraham Lincoln Statue at UW-Madison

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 25, 2020 55 Comments

Student activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are exploiting the current trend of statue toppling, to petition for the removal of a campus statue of President Abraham Lincoln. Hating historic statues is all the rage these days.

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Bust of George Washington Toppled at George Washington University

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 22, 2020 6 Comments

"A stunning image"...

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Celebrating Juneteenth

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 19, 2020 37 Comments

I first blogged about Juneteenth in 2015. As I noted then, the day’s significance is almost criminally under appreciated. Over the last few years, the 19th of June and its significance, are slowly gaining national popularity, reverence, and acknowledgment.

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Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down, Thrown Into Lake in Downtown Richmond

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 10, 2020 25 Comments

The death of George Floyd has reignited the obsession with removing statues of those with unsavory pasts. Protesters tore down the Christopher Columbus statue in Byrd Park in Richmond, VA. They then threw it into the lake.

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Students at Mizzou Renew Calls for Removal of Thomas Jefferson Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 07, 2020 5 Comments

“We’re not enslaved anymore, but then you have to see someone who enslaved your ancestors, and it’s kind of like you’re kicking a horse when it’s down”...

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Former Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Suing Netflix and Filmmaker Over Central Park Five Documentary

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2020 25 Comments

Linda Fairstein was the Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor in the 1980's when a woman was attacked in Central Park. She claims that a documentary about the case released last year is full of falsehoods, and now she is suing Netflix.

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Panel at U. Michigan Blames Western Colonialism for Gender Violence Among Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2020 5 Comments

“Gender Violence, Immigrant Vulnerability and the State: A Symposium”...

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Ohio Secretary of State Urges Kent State to Drop Jane Fonda as Speaker for Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 19, 2020 2 Comments

"What’s not ok is providing aid and comfort to the enemy and willfully serving as a propaganda tool for those engaged in hostilities against the United States."...

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UC Berkeley Removes Lawyer’s Name From Building Over Alleged Racist Past

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 02, 2020 3 Comments

"made racist comments against Chinese people and helped spur the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882"...

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CNN Fails to Disclose Its Iranian Guest Threatened to Kill American Hostages in 1979

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2020 24 Comments

During their coverage of Iran this week, CNN's Christiane Amanpour interviewed a woman named Masoumeh Ebtekar, who currently serves as Iran's Vice President for Women and Family Affairs. Amanpour failed to make viewers aware of Ebtekar's past.

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If 2019 was ‘the Best Year Ever,’ 2020 Looks Like it is Going to be Even Better

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 04, 2020 8 Comments

As we begin a new decade, I thought it might be fun to open it with a little optimism.

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