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The First Columbus Day Was Born of Violence — And Political Calculation
President Benjamin Harrison promoted the holiday after a mob killed 11 Italian Americans and set off a diplomatic crisis.
by
Ronald G. Shafer
via
Retropolis
on
October 10, 2021
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Columbus Day Had Value for Italian Americans — But It’s Time to Rethink It
It helped erode discrimination but also upheld racial prejudice.
by
Danielle Battisti
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Made by History
on
October 12, 2020
The History Behind the Movement to Replace Columbus Day
Though the first Indigenous Peoples’ Day was celebrated in the early 1990s, the idea took shape many years earlier.
by
Arica L. Coleman
via
Time
on
October 6, 2017
How Columbus Day Fell Victim to Its Own Success
It's worth remembering that the now-controversial holiday started as a way to empower immigrants and celebrate American diversity.
by
Yoni Appelbaum
via
The Atlantic
on
October 8, 2012
Thankstaking
Was the 'first Thanksgiving' merely a pretext for the bloodshed, enslavement, and displacement that would follow in later decades?
by
Jane Kamensky
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Commonplace
on
January 1, 2001
The Troubling History of the Fight to Honor Leif Erikson—Not Columbus—as the Man Who 'Discovered America'
It wasn't simply a matter of getting the history right.
by
Olivia B. Waxman
via
Time
on
October 5, 2018
Recontextualizing the Ocean Blue
Italian Americans and the commemoration of Columbus.
by
Laura E. Ruberto
,
Joseph Sciorra
via
Process: A Blog for American History
on
October 4, 2017
Columbus Day Is the Most Important Day of Every Year
Acknowledging the truth about colonialism is crucial if we want to comprehend the world around us today.
by
Jon Schwarz
via
The Intercept
on
October 12, 2015
Middle Schoolers Take on Columbus
A lesson on contextualizing history.
by
Alex Pinelli
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Perspectives on History
on
October 8, 2020
Two Artists in Search of Missing History
A new exhibition makes a powerful statement about the oversights of American history and America’s art history.
by
Alicia Ault
via
Smithsonian
on
April 4, 2018
How Columbus, Of All People, Became a National Symbol
Christopher Columbus was a narcissist.
by
William Francis Keegan
via
The Conversation
on
October 6, 2017
partner
1492: Columbus in American Memory
Columbus Day is here again -- along with the controversy over its namesake. How have earlier generations understood him?
via
BackStory
on
October 10, 2014
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