| Don't Miss Original Stories from HNN!  by Calvin Schermerhorn Should the statues remain up, doing the quiet work of reinforcing white supremacy while we get to work dismantling the interlocking components of structural racism? Or are the statues part of a 400-year history of violence against African-descended people that needs urgent attention and rectification? |
 by Lee Weiner A veteran of dissident politics in the 1960s warns that while today's broad coalition of activists for a more just and democratic America are on the right track, they must learn from the mistakes of an older generation and find ways to keep united despite difference. |
 by Harold Holzer In the age before the glare of television and instantaneous photography were relentlessly aimed at our leaders, politicians could succeed even if they looked like Lewis Cass. Or Abraham Lincoln. |
 by Paul C. Rosier Decolonizing sports history requires a deeper analysis of how false historical narratives that 'blamed the victim' became embedded in public venues in everyday life that shaped generations of Americans' perceptions of Native people. |
 by John Legg Both while it stood and when its presence became inconvenient, the Hanging Monument shows how memorials control historical narratives and elevate particular interpretations of the past. | Today's News Headlines - From the Start, Federal Agents Demanded a Role in Suppressing Anti-Racism Protests - Misleading Virus Video, Pushed by the Trumps, Spreads Online - Armed Conservative Groups are Deploying to the Front Lines of the Culture War 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!
 On the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, disabled Americans are asking for true inclusion. |
 Because of Lewis, I got my first chance to protest my city's and region's racist policies and practices — from where we could eat, work, live, go to school, swim, party, play sports and even use the taxpayer-funded public restrooms. |
 The history of the Kariba Dam is the story of a war over the past and the future of a river. |
 The RNC had printed a commemorative coin without receiving permission to use the 40th President's likeness, said the Reagan Foundation's chief marketing officer. |
 As a teenager, I thought his 'Tonight Show' was a bland, uncool relic. Now I appreciate his deadpan humor and the loose weirdness of his interviews. |
 Most of the museums surveyed made a point of providing educational resources to students during the lockdown. But those are precisely the kind of services that will need to be cut in the budget crunch ahead, according to almost two-thirds of museum directors. |
 "Virginia has a story to tell that extends far beyond glorifying the Confederacy and its participants," House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn said in an emailed statement, condemning the Confederate ideology as based on maintaining slavery. |
 The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity. |
 Thomas Chambliss Williams served as superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools from the 1930s to the 1960s. He resisted integration, argued black and white students learn differently and fired a black cafeteria worker when she joined a NAACP lawsuit compelling Alexandria to end segregation. |
 Hotel Figueroa in Los Angeles has served as a backdrop for some of the most challenging and memorable moments in American history, a representative of both the endurance of women and the City of Angels' entrepreneurial, creative, and resilient spirit. |
 Congress Votes in Favor of Creating National Museum of the American Latino |
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!  Although the one-generation link between Dan Smith and his formerly enslaved father is remarkable, historian Hilary Green reminds readers that the time passed since Emancipation is still relatively short. |
 Senator Cotton's comments ignited a war of words on social media Sunday; historians including John Kaminski and Joshua D. Rothman weigh in. |
 "When they were protesting in 1963, it was a desegregation protest but the things that people were chanting were like, 'What do we want? Books! When do we want them? Now!'" said historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland. |
 The "Portlandia" image -- of 1990s slackers driven by liberal ingenuity -- isn't entirely true to the city's history, says former professor Randy Blazak. |
 "[Farm Security Administration officials and migrant farm laborers] argued that real democracy resulted not only from migrants' full enfranchisement but also from their daily participation as citizens (regardless of formal status) in a political and social community characterized by collective responsibility and behavior." |
 Wilentz argues that understanding America's past—from the inspiring to the shameful—is vital for what he calls informed citizenship. |
 Mr. Jakes "came to be seen as the epitome of an out-of-touch Communist Party functionary," said professor Mary Heimann. |
 For Rashid Khalidi, the British mandate established two parallel realities in Palestine: an embryonic nation-building project for the Jewish minority and the continuation of colonial policy for the Arab majority, whose question of self-determination was left unaddressed. |
 Historian Alondra Nelson praised the application of genetics to narrating the history of the slave trade, but cautioned that historians should be an integral part of any project making claims about human ancestry. |
 A paper accusing scholars of "historical malpractice" upended an academic society and stirred arguments about racism, history and the limits of debate. |
 Columbia University history professor Stephanie McCurry joined CBSN to discuss how the history of the Confederacy was rewritten over the years to obscure its oppressive and antidemocratic reality. |
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 A resurgent Coronavirus pandemic is scrambling plans to bring students back to campus. Historians ask what's reasonable, what's safe, and what's fair. |
 Historians discuss the unprecedented use of the agency and the implications for democracy and civil liberties. |
 The Attorney General faces scrutiny from Congress over his role in dealing with protest, directing the course of investigations on Trump's inner circle, and the integrity of the election. |
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