How American Textbooks Taught White Supremacy
A historian shares what he learned by examining 3,000 old U.S. history text books.
Thursday, June 8, 2023
History
The Long History of How Jesus Came to Resemble a White European
The all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus is Warner Sallman’s light-eyed, light-haired “Head of Christ” from 1940.
John Lewis and C.T. Vivian Belonged to a Long Tradition of Religious Leaders in the Civil Rights Struggle
With the deaths of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, we've lost two civil rights greats who drew upon their faith as they pushed for Black equality.
Protestantism’s Troubling History With White Supremacy in the US
Even the Ku Klux Klan rooted their ideology of white supremacy in Protestant theology and the Bible.
Frederick Douglass’ Tribute to Lincoln at the Unveiling of The Emancipation Memorial in Washington, DC
Frederick Douglass delivered his "Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln" on April 14, 1876, at the unveiling of The Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The Power of a Song in a Strange Land – on African-American Spirituals
Sometimes called slave songs, jubilees and sorrow songs, spirituals were created out of, and spoke directly to, the black experience in America.
3 Ways to Improve Education About Slavery in U.S. Classrooms
As a former social studies teacher, I have no shortage of ideas on how educators can do a better job of understanding slavery and presenting it to others.