Seeking a Truce in the Civics and History Wars
Debates over teaching American history are not new. The latest solution is a government supported plan called “Educating for American Democracy.” Thomas B. Fordham Institute President…
538 viewsDebates over teaching American history are not new. The latest solution is a government supported plan called “Educating for American Democracy.” Thomas B. Fordham Institute President…
538 viewsJames Forman, author of Locking Up Our Own, and Danielle Allen, author of Cuz, talked about race and crime in the United States. They spoke at the 2017 Texas Book Festival in Austin.…
486 viewsDanielle Allen and Emily Sneff spoke about their discovery in Sussex, England, of the second known parchment manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence.
570 viewsPanelists talked about the historical background and the original intent of the Declaration of Independence. They argued that starting in the 19th century abolitionists focused on the phrase…
1,333 viewsPanelists talked about the text of the Declaration of Independence and how it reflects the time it was written. Topics included the punctuation used in the document and the differences…
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