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Jennifer Mendelsohn

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How Social Media Spread a Historical Lie

A mix of journalistic mistakes and partisan hackery advanced a pernicious lie about Democrats and the Klan.

by Jennifer Mendelsohn, Peter A. Shulman via Made By History on March 15, 2018

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The Liberal Delusion of #ResistanceGenealogy

The effort to dig up information about the immigrant ancestors of prominent Trumpsters is doing more harm than good.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 15, 2018

Upside down statue spray painted "slave owner."

My Father’s Family Kept Slaves – and He Defended It. Acknowledging It Matters

Amid a rise of laws forbidding discussions of racist histories, sharing our ancestors’ shameful wrongdoings is more urgent than ever.

by Maud Newton via The Guardian on September 14, 2022

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