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Painting of a city surrendering to Napoleon.

Uses & Abuses of Military History

On the value of the discipline and its applications.
by Victor Davis Hanson via The New Criterion on December 23, 2022
Black and white scale of justice.

The Blindness of ‘Color-Blindness’

When the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the future of affirmative action, I knew I had to be there.
by Drew Gilpin Faust via The Atlantic on December 2, 2022
Black and white image of Charles Hamilton Houston, standing at a desk alongside other attorneys, circa 1940.

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and the History Behind Colorblind Admissions

Colorblindness has a long history in college admissions, the Black intellectual tradition, and today’s assault on affirmative action and race-conscious policies.
by Brandon James Render via Black Perspectives on November 4, 2022
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The Moral Force of the Black University

A 1968 student uprising at the Tuskegee Institute married practical demands with political vision.
by Brian Jones via The Chronicle of Higher Education on November 3, 2022
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College Costs

Historical perspectives on the money that fuels American higher education, and Americans’ attempts to reckon with the power dynamics that result.
Student loan debt activists rally outside the White House a day after President Biden announced a plan that would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25, 2022.
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The 50-Year Path That Left Millions Drowning in Student Loan Debt

How new student loan programs turned students into consumers — and ignited a competition among universities that left them drowning in debt.
by John R. Thelin via Made By History on September 13, 2022
Illustrative grid rid of students with the faces represented by various colors, fabric patterns, and textures.

How Affirmative Action Was Derailed by Diversity

The Supreme Court has watered down the policy’s core justification: justice.
by Richard Thompson Ford via The Chronicle of Higher Education on September 2, 2022
Sillhouettes of incarcerated men preparing for a graduation ceremony.
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Educational Aid for Prisoners Works. Yet It’s Politically Precarious.

Why all Americans benefit from higher education for those incarcerated.
by Kate L. Flach, Adrian Cox via Made By History on August 23, 2022
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Is History History? Identity Politics and Teleologies of the Present

When historians concede to discuss the past with the terms of the present, they abandon the skill set that makes them historians.
by James H. Sweet via Perspectives on History on August 17, 2022
Picture of Donna Murch and her new book. (Photo by Don J. Usner)

The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter

A conversation with historian Donna Murch about the past, present, and future of Black radical organizing.
by Elias Rodriques, Donna Murch via The Nation on May 24, 2022
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A Formerly Enslaved Woman Helped Found a Key American University

Mary Lumpkin’s life helps us to better understand the post-Civil War push for education.
by Kristen Green via Made By History on May 10, 2022
African-American man holding a medical bag, posing behind horse-drawn carriage.

Doctors Without Borders

On the Black doctors who received their medical degrees and a new sort of freedom in Europe.
by Deirdre Mask via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 7, 2022
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

How Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Helped Remake the Literary Canon

The scholar has changed the way Black authors get read and the way Black history gets told.
by Henry Louis Gates Jr., David Remnick via The New Yorker on February 19, 2022
Middle finger that says "Millenial" and Fist that says "Gen Z"

It’s Time to Stop Talking About “Generations”

From boomers to zoomers, the concept gets social history all wrong.
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on October 7, 2021
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The Lost Promise of Black Study

Even as they carve out space for Black scholarship, established universities remain deeply complicit in racial capitalism. We must think beyond them.
by Andrew J. Douglas, Jared Loggins via Boston Review on September 24, 2021
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Can Radio Really Educate?

In the 1920s, radio was an exciting new mass medium. It was known for providing entertainment, but educators wondered if it could also be used for education.
by Donna L. Halper via JSTOR Daily on September 15, 2021

The Rise of the Elite Anti-Intellectual

For decades, “common sense” has been a convenient framing for conservative ideas. The label hides a more complicated picture.
by Simon Brown via Dissent on August 20, 2021
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Which is Better: School Integration or Separate, Black-Controlled Schools?

Historical perspective on school integration.
by Zoë Burkholder via OUPblog on August 11, 2021
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Conservatives Are Once Again Trying to Erase Black History

The battles over Critical Race Theory and Southern heritage are really about a narrow, exclusionary reading of our past.
by Tyler D. Parry via Made By History on July 14, 2021
A portrait of Dred Scott.

The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott

By limiting discussion of the infamous Supreme Court decision, law-school professors risk minimizing the role of racism in American history.
by Jeannie Suk Gersen via The New Yorker on June 8, 2021

It’s Time to Break Up the Ivy League Cartel

Democracy requires something more than a handful of super-rich universities.
by Matt Stoller, Sam Haselby via The Chronicle of Higher Education on May 28, 2021
UNC president with Eleanor Roosevelt
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A Legendary UNC Leader Displayed the Benefit of Academic Freedom — And the Limits

Academic freedom can help universities flourish, while political compromises can hold them back.
by William A. Link via Made By History on May 26, 2021
A hand holding the hand of a baby doll.

The Strange Tradition of “Practice Babies” at 20th-Century Women’s Colleges

A photo archive shows college coeds vacuuming, preparing baby bottles, diapering babies, and generally practicing at motherhood.
by Megan Culhane Galbraith via Hyperallergic on May 2, 2021
Members of the Harvard branch of the KKK pose for 1924 graduation photo at the foot of John Harvard Statue

The Crimson Klan

The KKK was clearly present at Harvard. But the university rarely mentions the 20th century in its attempts to reckon with its past.
by Simon J. Levien via The Harvard Crimson on March 29, 2021
A row of black and white pencils.

Anna Deavere Smith on Forging Black Identity in 1968

In 1968, history found us at a small women’s college, forging our Black identity and empowering our defiance.
by Anna Deavere Smith via The Atlantic on February 9, 2021

Sadie Alexander Was a Trailblazing Economist and Activist

This op-ed celebrates the life and legacy of economist, attorney, and civil rights advocate Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander.
by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman via Teen Vogue on January 1, 2021
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Quoting Irish Poetry, Joe Biden is Making Hope and History Rhyme

Explaining Joe Biden’s fondness for quoting Irish poets.
by Cóilín Parsons via Made By History on November 1, 2020

Without Profit From Stolen Indigenous Lands, UNC Would Have Gone Broke 100 Years Ago

Before universities profited from stolen Indigenous territory through "land-grants," schools like UNC sold Indigenous lands hundreds of miles away.
by Lucas P. Kelley, Garrett W. Wright via Scalawag on September 15, 2020
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The Dark Side of Campus Efforts to Stop Covid-19

Expanding campus police forces’ power threatens to increase surveillance.
by Grace Watkins via Made By History on September 14, 2020
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Black College Athletes Are Rising Up Against the Exploitative System They Labor In

Will coronavirus prompt the house of cards of college athletics to come tumbling down?
by Amira Rose Davis via Made By History on August 11, 2020
A young Julian Bond talking with Bayard Rustin at the 1968 Democratic convention

Julian Bond’s Life in Protest and Politics

A new collection of essays demonstrates how the civil rights icon’s thinking evolved amid the upheavals of the 20th century.
by Robert Greene II via The Nation on August 10, 2020
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