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Category: History
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Thomas N. DeWolf looks at how the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., provides a teachable moment about race in America.
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Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the day the Boston Red Sox became an integrated team, when Pumpsie Green was sent in as a pinch runner. Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, writes about the anniversary at ESPN, noting that not only did the team pass on…
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We celebrate Independence Day this weekend, and Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation, honors the often overlooked women of the American Revolution.
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On the occasion of Helen Keller’s birthday, Kim E. Nielsen reflects on the extraordinary woman’s most important friendship.
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Thomas N. DeWolf thinks Chris Matthews needs a lesson in the history of slavery in the United States.
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An excerpt from Beacon Press Director Helene Atwan’s remarks at the announcement of The King Legacy, a new partnership between Beacon Press and the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Beacon Press announces its new partnership with the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr.
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On the birthday of Anne Sullivan Macy, Kim Nielsen explores the many reasons she chose to write a book about the woman best known as the teacher of Helen Keller.
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Thomas Norman DeWolf looks at Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent comments about America’s fear of an honest conversation about race.
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