![]() ![]() ![]() The Battle for Memorial Day in New OrleansĪ century and a half after the Civil War, Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked his city to reexamine its past-and to wrestle with hard truths. In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, he dreamed of a pluralist utopia. Levinįrederick Douglass’s Vision for a Reborn America ![]() The University of North Carolina agreed to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million-a sum that rivals the endowment of its history department. The pandemic is reminding Americans of the importance of government.Ī University’s Betrayal of Historical Truth ![]() The United States Is Being Taught by Facts and Events Like Frederick Douglass, we can find inspiration for this moment in the oldest story of rebirth and renewal. Lessons from Frederick Douglass on the tortured relationship between protest and change Here’s what parents need to understand about the teaching of history. He is the author, most recently, of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Blight is a professor of American history and the director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. ![]()
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