You Know Who Else Colonized Land From ‘Indigenous Peoples’? Native Americans
The ‘settler’ argument exacerbates racial tensions by projecting a historical narrative in which white Americans, regardless of their family histories, are singularly responsible for historical evils against indigenous people.
Meet The Black Composers And Singers Who Revolutionized Gospel Music
These composers and singers of the faith championed a musical style that crosses denominations and transcends race: black gospel music.
Too Often Black History Month Sidelines African-American Triumphs For Politics
It’s time to restore real black history: recognition of achievement and overcoming obstacles as citizens integral to this great nation.
Selma, Alabama’s First Black Church Is Still Going Strong. Take A Look At Its Amazing Legacy
First Baptist has always had strong members whose faith, tested and tried with slavery, Jim Crow segregation, intimidation, violence, and even a devastating tornado, triumphed over all.
A Farewell Toast To Abraham Lincoln
Like any just man, Abraham Lincoln knew the hope of rest and the promise of peace hereafter.
Meet The ‘Colored Patriots Of The American Revolution’ Who Helped Make America Great
William Cooper Nell’s innovative approach of collecting oral records passed down from Revolutionary War veterans showed what these unsung heroes did for their country and why they deserved equal rights.
To Fight The 1619 Project’s Lies, Take This Free U.S. History Class
Although fact-checking the 1619 Project and offering academic criticism is important, it is not the most effective strategy for winning the hearts and minds of Americans.
Debunking Left-Wing Historian Howard Zinn Is Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel
Mary Grabar’s book, ‘Debunking Howard Zinn,’ takes aim at the celebrated historian who is as influential as he is ideological and dishonest.
Clarence Thomas’s Life Repudiates The Left’s Hatred Of America
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced down a ‘high-tech lynching’ by the same people who now claim to be America’s arbiters of racial justice. He has every reason to be vindictive and chooses not to be.
Sorry, Adam Schiff, The Real Scandal Was The 1867 Purchase Of Alaska
Schiff worries that if Trump isn’t removed from office, he’ll offer Alaska to the Russians for support in the next election. Schiff needs a history lesson.
Like David McCullough, Americans’ Ignorance Of History Should Keep Us Up At Night
In academia, including teacher education, an illiberal secular fundamentalism severs connections between schools and religion, morality, and knowledge.
Director Of Powerful New Clarence Thomas Documentary Opens Up: ‘He Just Got Tired Of Having His Story Distorted’
‘It’s a classic story of going from dire poverty in the segregated South to the highest court of the land, including many spiritual and intellectual twists and turns.’
‘1917’ Reminds Us War Is An Addiction We’ll Never Shake
Sam Mendes’ magnificent epic raises a question stripped straight from today’s headlines: Is war a futile waste of life or the apex of the human experience?
The American Revolution Was Also A Moral Revolution
In C. Bradley Thompson’s new book, ‘America’s Revolutionary Mind,’ the Clemson professor makes a provocative and persuasive rebuttal to contemporary historians suggesting that the American founding advanced self-serving motives based on slavery, race, and class.
Virginia Democrats Are Attacking Robert E. Lee Statue To Whitewash Their Own Racism
Virginia Democrats want to exploit African American voters with indignation over statues to distract from their hypocritical offenses and to avoid talking about the issues that matter to Virginia families today.
No, Trump Hasn’t Waged The ‘Most Sustained Assault On Press Freedom In History’
From the Alien and Sedition Acts to the Pentagon Papers, Chris Wallace ignores basic history by claiming Trump has made ‘the most direct sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history.’
‘Can This Be Hell?’ This Month We Remember Those Who Died Fighting For Freedom
In the bleak midwinter 155 years ago this month, my great-great-Uncle Cornelius M. Dearth died here — on the grounds of the Civil War POW camp in Andersonville, Georgia. He was 22.
Daniel Webster: America Rests Upon Gratitude For Our Government Of And For The People
‘When, from the long distance of a hundred years, they shall look back upon us, they shall know, at least, that we possessed…gratitude for what our ancestors have done for our happiness.’
The Woman Who Made Thanksgiving A National Holiday Pleads Her Case
‘We have long endeavored to secure the celebration of this great festival upon the same day in every American State and Territory, so that it might be a National Holiday.’
What You Think You Know About America’s First Thanksgiving Is Probably Wrong
Whether we feast on turkey, seafood, or barbecue, may Thanksgiving 2019 enable us to count our blessings today, give thanks for the good in our past, and strengthen us for tomorrow.
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