| Don't Miss Original Stories from HNN!  by Patrick L. Hamilton and Allan W. Austin The Hate-Monger, a supervillain introduced by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963, called attention to the destructive power of bigotry, but today readers should resist the idea that defeating any one person, no matter who or how powerful they might be, can eliminate racism. |
 by Jenny Woodley Thinking of the Mary McLeod Bethune memorial in Washington's Lincoln Park in tandem with the controversial Emancipation memorial suggests ways in which commemorative spaces can operate as places of dialogue. |
 by Elliott Young As Justice Sotomayor wrote in her dissent, a recent decision could "permit Congress to constitutionally eliminate all procedural protections for any noncitizen the Government deems unlawfully admitted and summarily deport them." |
 by Pete Daniel Change is on the front foot, and this is no time to allow wealth and ignorance to gain ground. Achiever exhibits and sculpture gardens seem pathetic sideshows to the powerful history of the country. |
 by Dolores Janiewski In his life and his death Floyd experienced the coercive structures that constrain, punish and eventually kill altogether too many Americans. More than Confederate statues, these need to be torn down. | Today's News Headlines - White House, GOP in Disarray over Coronavirus Spending Plan as Deadline Nears on Expiring Emergency Aid - Pandemic Likely to 'Get Worse Before it Gets Better,' Trump Says in Somber Return to Coronavirus Briefing - Chaotic Scenes in Portland as Backlash to Federal Deployment Grows Breaking News Stay Up to Date! You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple: Go Here! What follows is a streamlined list of stories. To see the full list: Go Here!
 The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board was established by Congress in January 2019. Now nominees for the board named by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Society of American Archivists, and the American Bar Association are being "vetted" by the White House, raising concerns about partisan interference. |
 Advocates for the name change include filmmaker Ava DuVernay and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn. |
 A determined handful of men in New Orleans carry on the cause Dr. King died defending in Memphis. |
 Black leaders pause to reflect on the civil-rights icon and representative from Georgia, who spent decades calling for activism and "good trouble." |
 Trump said on Sunday, "I'm not offended either by Black Lives Matter, that's freedom of speech. You know the whole thing with cancel culture – we can't cancel our whole history. We can't forget that the north and the south fought." |
 The court has shown less deference to presidents in recent years. Even so, Trump stands out. |
 Psychologist Ervin Staub has pioneered active bystander training to limit violence between police and the public. |
 The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the Six Triple Eight, was the only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit to serve in Europe during World War II. | 
History and Historians in the News Stay Up to Date! You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple: Go Here! What follows is a streamlined list of stories. To see the full list: Go Here!  Public health historian John Barry is the author of "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History." |
 "The problem with Sanger was she was so single minded that she was willing to align herself with anybody," Margaret Sanger Papers Project founder Esther Katz said. "These are problematic positions. She did speak to the Klan. But I think obliterating her...doesn't allow us to discuss this in any way or debate it." |
 Rice University Professor Caleb McDaniel says "it's worth stressing what he brought to Rice" by partering with the university to develop an archive of his efforts to memorialize the brutal convict-lease system. |
 The President of the Society for the History of the Early American Republic responds to the controversy provoked by Daniel Feller's remarks in the organization's virtual plenary session, which included repeated quotations of racial slurs from primary sources, a defense of Andrew Jackson, and harsh words for unnamed historians writing for the broader public. |
 Representative John Lewis was among the 13 original Freedom Riders, who encountered violence and resistance as they rode buses across the South, challenging the nation's segregation laws. |
 "Kanye West is in desperate need of a crash course in American History," said historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar. |
 "Americans like to portray that they worked hard and would have starved had they not gardened," said Allan M. Winkler, a distinguished professor emeritus of history at Miami University of Ohio. "Victory gardens were a symbol of abundance and doing it yourself, but that was more symbolism than reality." |
 A new book by Harvard historian Alexander Keyssar examines the racist history of how Americans pick presidents. |
 Historian Tim Huebner, who was involved in the placement of the marker, believes it was broken intentionally. |
 Glenn LaFantasie and Kevin M. Levin comment on Civil War Reenactments as a 40 year-old Florida event is cancelled in 2020. | Browsing: News from Around the Internet
 The Congressman and SNCC leader's passing highlights the ongoing struggle for voting rights. |
 The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic's virtual plenary was the most exciting thing to happen on Academic Zoom since COVID. Read about the controversy. |
 Historians discuss the unprecedented use of the agency and the implications for democracy and civil liberties. |
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