/tags/u-s-history U.S. history en-US WLRN Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:57:00 GMT /commentary/2022-07-07/america-and-the-americas-need-historical-truth-about-slavery-not-racist-revisionism COMMENTARY A new U.S. push — especially in Florida — to whitewash the trans-Atlantic slave trade ranks in the same racist league with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:57:00 GMT /commentary/2022-07-07/america-and-the-americas-need-historical-truth-about-slavery-not-racist-revisionism Tim Padgett /2022-02-07/bomb-threats-against-black-institutions-are-deeply-rooted-in-u-s-history "HBCUs are resilient institutions that will persist through all forms of adversity," the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus said after bomb threats earlier this month," the statement said. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:03:07 GMT /2022-02-07/bomb-threats-against-black-institutions-are-deeply-rooted-in-u-s-history The Associated Press /2021-05-24/the-debate-over-teaching-florida-history-us-kids-follows-parkland-activists-monkeys-near-fort-lauderdale-airport A fight over Florida's history curriculum. A new documentary about the student activists from Parkland. Plus, where those monkeys living near the airport came from. Mon, 24 May 2021 22:46:22 GMT /2021-05-24/the-debate-over-teaching-florida-history-us-kids-follows-parkland-activists-monkeys-near-fort-lauderdale-airport Suria Rimer, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /education/2020-06-24/theres-a-lot-of-denialism-how-an-anti-racism-proposal-exposed-miamis-racial-ethnic-fractures A plan to improve how public schools in Miami-Dade County teach students about racism drew a racist backlash last week — a response that reflected a long… Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:08:50 GMT /education/2020-06-24/theres-a-lot-of-denialism-how-an-anti-racism-proposal-exposed-miamis-racial-ethnic-fractures Jessica Bakeman /2019-01-10/how-bernice-sandler-godmother-of-title-ix-achieved-landmark-discrimination-ban Bernice Sandler died Saturday at the age of 90. She once told NPR she beams with pride at seeing female athletes walk "with their heads up and feeling like, 'Yeah, I can handle this world.' " Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:42:43 GMT /2019-01-10/how-bernice-sandler-godmother-of-title-ix-achieved-landmark-discrimination-ban Tom Goldman, Bill Chappell /national-politics/2018-10-11/three-pulitzer-prize-winning-historians-aim-to-put-american-politics-in-context In new books, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Joseph J. Ellis — also Jon Meacham, whose tome hit shelves in May — aim to contextualize or contrast the Trump era with the leadership of previous presidents. Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:19:00 GMT /national-politics/2018-10-11/three-pulitzer-prize-winning-historians-aim-to-put-american-politics-in-context Scott Detrow /npr-breaking-news/2018-08-05/where-do-confederate-monuments-go-after-they-come-down As the first anniversary of the Charlottesville protest nears, cities like Memphis are wrestling with what to do with the controversial statues once they've been taken down. Sun, 05 Aug 2018 12:08:07 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2018-08-05/where-do-confederate-monuments-go-after-they-come-down Noah Caldwell, Audie Cornish