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California Is Finally Confronting Its History of Slavery. Here’s How.
Los Angeles is finding success at reshaping its commemorative landscape.
by
Kevin Waite
,
Sarah Barringer Gordon
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Made by History
on
May 24, 2021
New England Kept Slavery, But Not Its Profits, At a Distance
Entangled with, yet critical of, colonial oppression and the evils of slavery, the true history of Boston can now be told.
by
Mark A. Peterson
via
Aeon
on
May 3, 2021
The Power Brokers
A recent history centers the Lakota and the vast territory they controlled in the story of the formation of the United States.
by
David Treuer
via
New York Review of Books
on
November 11, 2020
The Racist History Behind El Paso’s XII Travelers Memorial
Protesters in El Paso have focused on toppling The Equestrian, a monument to a racist colonizer. But the story behind the monument goes deeper.
by
David Dorado Romo
via
The Texas Observer
on
September 28, 2020
Disease Has Never Been Just Disease for Native Americans
Native communities’ vulnerability to epidemics is not a historical accident, but a direct result of oppressive policies and ongoing colonialism.
by
Jeffrey Ostler
via
The Atlantic
on
April 29, 2020
The Real Story of the 49ers
The reality of the early gold-rush prospectors was not nearly as benevolent as the mascot’s wide smile may suggest.
by
Bruce Barcott
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The Atlantic
on
February 2, 2020
The Invention of Thanksgiving
Massacres, myths, and the making of the great November holiday.
by
Philip J. Deloria
via
The New Yorker
on
November 18, 2019
Columbus Believed He Would Find ‘Blemmyes’ and ‘Sciapods’ – Not People – in the New World
Columbus wasn't unique in his belief that bizarre, monstrous humanoids inhabited the far reaches of the world.
by
Peter C. Mancall
via
The Conversation
on
October 5, 2018
What Became of the Taíno?
The Indians who greeted Columbus were believed to have died out. But a search for their descendants yielded surprising results.
by
Robert M. Poole
via
Smithsonian
on
October 1, 2011
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