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HNN Sponsor     Don't Miss Original Stories from HNN! "It Has Not Been My Habit to Yield": Charles Sumner and the Fight for Equal Naturalization Rights by Lucy Salyer Senator Charles Sumner lost his battle on the Fourth of July 1870, with dire consequences for both Asian immigrant communities and the prospects of a more racially egalitarian America.  A Renaming Everyone Can Get Behind by Jim Loewen Delaware is the only U.S. state without a name for its highest point. Naming it after Ronald Reagan would probably satisfy fans and critics alike.  Abolition Movement Historian Ethan Kytle Discusses Confederate Monuments and Teaching Younger Students about Slavery by James Thornton Harris "This should be a local decision—and one that takes into account the perspectives of the entire community, which was not the case with Confederate monuments." Annexation Will Be the (Formal) Beginning of Apartheid and the End of Zionism by Andrew Seth Meyer An American historian and lifelong liberal Zionist concludes that Israel's planned annexation of West Bank territory will force people of conscience to choose between liberal ideals and a form of Zionism harnessed to ethnic nationalism. While Monuments are Being Removed, a Historian Asks Questions by Andrew Joseph Pegoda People have a right to walk around their neighborhood park without being terrorized by iconography devoted to people who denied their ancestors human rights. Minor Temporary Changes to HNN's Schedule HNN's editor is taking some time off between July 9 and 14. New op ed essays will be posted as usual on Sunday.   Today's News Headlines - Facebook Ad Boycott Organizers Met With Zuckerberg. It Didn't Go Well - Trump Leans on Schools to Reopen as Virus Continues Its Spread - Drivers Are Hitting Protesters as Memes of Car Attacks Spread 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! A Teacher Held a Famous Racism Exercise in 1968. She's Still at It. The day after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jane Elliott carried out the "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" exercise in her classroom. Now, people are returning to her work. A Brief History of The Word 'Redskin' And How It Became a Source of Controversy Its origins extend back to the 18th century, long before it became the name of a football team. Just How Little U.S. Students Learn About African American History — And Five Steps to Start to Change That Leslie T. Fenwick and Chike Akua discuss anti-racist curriculums and provide five ways that K-12 and higher education administrators, teachers and students can begin to educate themselves on this subject. Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down in Rochester, N.Y., on Anniversary of His Famous Fourth of July Speech In 1852, Douglass asked the city's residents and the country: 'What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?' A New Data Analysis Can Answer the Question "Do I Live in the Suburbs?" The U.S. hasn't had a formal definition for what constitutes a suburb. A new data analysis comes closer to defining America's most popular neighborhood type.  Trump is Going All In on Divisive Culture Wars. That Might not Work this Time. Trump is showing an inability, or at least a reluctance, to adapt to changing times, appearing eager to delve even further into divisive culture wars — and to continue deploying white identity politics and racism as his weapons of choice. National Review is Trying to Rewrite its Own Racist History The conservative publication played a principal role in creating a conservative coalition of segregationists and business.  Can Trump Pull Off an Upset Like Harry Truman's in 1948? Comparing Donald Trump's reelection prospects to Harry Truman's comeback victory in 1948 is a reach.  I'm a Direct Descendant of Thomas Jefferson. Take Down His Memorial. It's time to honor one of our founding mothers, a woman who fought as an escaped slave to free those still enslaved, who fought as an armed scout for the Union Army against the Confederacy — a woman who helped to bring into being a more perfect union after slavery, a process that continues to this day. In Jefferson's place, there should be another statue. It should be of Harriet Tubman.     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! How a Lincoln-Douglass Debate Led to Historic Discovery Just like that, a document apparently unknown to Douglass's biographers and not found in the orator's papers at the Library of Congress had landed squarely in the middle of the debate that has swept the nation and the neighborhood around Lincoln Park where the statue stands. Racist, Brutal Past or Hispanic History? Latinos Clash over Spanish Colonial Statues Activist and associate history professor Yolanda Leyva breaks down the complex legacy of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate. Historians Question Trump's Choice of 'Heroes' for National Garden Monument "It's like they threw a bunch of stuff on the wall and just went with whatever stuck," says history professor Karen Cox. At Arlington Cemetery, A Confederate Monument to the South and Slavery Still Stands Historian Micki McElya is among the many who believe the monument should be removed. 'Hamilton' and the Historical Record: Frequently Asked Questions The Disney+ filmed version has fans wondering what's accurate. Historians are fans, too, and they have answers, along with caveats. 'The Most Ignorant and Unfit': What Made America's Worst Ever Leader? The best—maybe only—saving grace for Trump in the history books is that no one could accuse him of causing the Civil War. White Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity At an earlier point in American history, some Christian theologians went so far as to argue that the enslavement of human beings was justifiable from a biblical point of view. How to Confront a Racist National History "But we have to acknowledge that we're not upholding history, we're upholding values, and those are not the values that we want in the twenty-first century." The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican (Review) Clyde Haberman reviews David Paul Kuhn's "The Hardhat Riot" which proves heated social divisions--stoked and exploited by politicians--are nothing new.  Trump's Push to Amplify Racism Unnerves Republicans who have Long Enabled Him Leah Wright Rigeur of the Harvard Kennedy School argues that Trump keeps making appeals to white racism because it's central to his political identity.    Browsing: News from Around the Internet  Trump's July 3rd Speech at Mt. Rushmore Invokes a Culture War Trump's speech defended cultural memory informed by the Confederacy and warned that leftist "fascists" seek to destroy America.  Mary Trump's Book Approaches Release July 14 After a court challenge failed to block publication, "Too Much and Never Enough" is a week from release. The leaks are beginning. Historians on the "Hamilton" Film The Broadway hit moves to streaming video. Historians weigh in on the source material, the relationship of the founding to slavery, and more.  Updated 7/7: Will Campuses Reopen in 2020? Should They? University administrations and faculty are working overtime to figure out how to reconvene classes in the fall. Historians ask what's reasonable, what's safe, and what's fair.

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