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Virginia’s Governor’s Race May Hinge on Debates About Public Schools

Channeling conservative, white anger about public schools is a long-running political strategy.

by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae, Lisa Levenstein via Made By History on November 2, 2021
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Just the Latest Radical White Woman Poisoning Politics

Such women have long pushed American politics to the right, and their ideas have become mainstream.

by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae via Made By History on February 6, 2021

Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy

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Demonstrators hold signs opposing desegregation.

White Supremacy Has Always Been Mainstream

“Very fine people”—fathers and husbands, as well as mothers and daughters—have always been central to the work of white supremacy.

by Stephen Kantrowitz via Boston Review on July 23, 2018

White women demonstrators hold signs against school desegregation.

'Segregation's Constant Gardeners': How White Women Kept Jim Crow Alive

Meet the good white mothers, PTA members, and newspaper columnists who were also committed white supremacists.

by Rebecca Stoner via Pacific Standard on April 12, 2018

A man in front of a "Banned Books" sign.

Nothing New Under the Sun

APAAS, Florida, and history.

by Matthew Teutsch via Medium on January 20, 2023

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