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If “Woke” Dies, Our Nation’s Truths Die with It
Ron DeSantis wants to retrofit history to conform to conservative ideology.
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Tera W. Hunter
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Hammer & Hope
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August 30, 2023
The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools
The top educational priorities in the Sunshine State were apparently reading, writing, and anti-communism.
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Tera W. Hunter
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The Nation
on
February 27, 2023
Juneteenth And National New Beginnings
The holiday is a reminder of the Civil War's larger meaning, the unfulfilled promise of Reconstruction, and the reinforcement of democratic values.
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Tera W. Hunter
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Essence
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June 19, 2020
'Until Death or Distance Do You Part'
African American marriages before and after the Civil War.
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Alexis Coe
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Tera W. Hunter
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Lenny Letter
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February 13, 2018
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Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century
During and after slavery, some whites considered legal marriage too sacred an institution to be offered to black Americans.
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The Country That Could Not Mourn
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Broomstick Weddings and the History of the Atlantic World
From Kentucky to Wales and all across the Atlantic, the enslaved and downtrodden got married – by leaping over a broom. Why?
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Re-watching ‘The Civil War’ During the Breonna Taylor and George Floyd Protests
The landmark Ken Burns documentary hasn’t aged well. But it continues to shape American perceptions about the Confederacy and slavery.
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On Riots and Resistance
Exploring freedpeople’s struggle against police brutality during Reconstruction.
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