Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Saturday, July 04, 2020

Independence Day? One, as Charles P. Pierce writes: "We're in Another One of Those Moments Where the Great Bluff Gets Called."

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The speeches referred to by Pierce are lengthy, eloquent and worthy. In my estimation, they're best read prior to hamburgers and firewo...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Nick Vaughn: "A Historian’s Perspective on Confederate Statues."

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I first met Nick Vaughn in 2015 when he was younger than he is now (oddly, I haven't aged) and was running for city council in the Re...
Monday, June 08, 2020

And down came that accursed statue -- Colston in Bristol UK ... and also Castleman in Fischerland KY.

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Now we're getting somewhere: "Historic scenes were witnessed in Bristol over the weekend as Black Lives Matter protesters pulled d...
Sunday, September 08, 2019

"America's 'democratic experiment' is inextricably tied to the history of slavery."

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Solid, thought-provoking essay for Sunday morning coffee. But maybe you'd rather be watching a film derived from a comic book. Ame...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (2019).

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Dave Zirin, one of a select group of sportswriters who really matter, introduces a speech by Frederick Douglass , originally delivered in...
Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Assuming you can read, Ta-Nehisi Coates helpfully offers "Five Books to Make You Less Stupid About the Civil War."

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Antietam (September, 2016) Earlier in the year NAC suggested we all find a book ... and watch a short video. Statue removal? Yes, t...
Monday, August 28, 2017

James Baldwin, the second part: On understanding reparations.

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(James Baldwin, the first part) James Baldwin, speaking at Cambridge University's Union Hall  in 1965 during his debate with Willia...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Statue removal? Yes, the Civil War was about slavery -- and I'm just fine with tracing it all the way back to the Founders. Now, let's all go read a book.

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But what of Thrasher's fork? Our lead photo is from The Baffler's elegant summary:  Weekly Bafflements: What a dogshit week. ...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Suddeath: "You can love the South without loving its biggest mistake."

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Daniel Suddeath and I jousted often during his tenure as News and Tribune reporter, and while our exchanges occasionally got testy, I vie...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Get it right this St. Patrick's Day: "How the Myth of the 'Irish slaves' Became a Favorite Meme of Racists Online."

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Fakery of a different hue (and IBU). The imminent arrival of Faux Irish Amateur Hour, sometimes called St. Patrick's Day, offers th...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (2016)

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Dave Zirin, one of a select group of sportswriters who really matter, introduces a speech by Frederick Douglass , originally delivered in...
Saturday, July 04, 2015

Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

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Dave Zirin introduces this speech by Frederick Douglass , which was delivered in 1852. Here’s hoping people take the time to read the en...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Must see: "Spirits of the Passage" exhibit at the Frazier Museum.

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My recommendation to those Highland Hills students capable of flaunting cluelessness in the absence of adult supervision is to proceed t...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Lincoln: A film helpfully reminding us of that long-forgotten time when Republicans believed in things that genuinely mattered.

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Still accurate after all these years (3).

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

150 years later, still the wrong side of history.

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There are times when being for the underdog places you squarely on the wrong side of history. So it was when I was a kid, just after the Civ...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

New Albany and Carnegie Center Featured in “Slavery in the Ohio River Valley in the 19th Century” Bus Tour.

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For those unaware of the particular aspect of American history that makes recent topics important, take note of this press release ... and r...