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This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  3/22/19
  

  Why Gen. Eisenhower Threatened to Quit Just Before D-Day

  Before the invasion, the Allied commander was at odds with air force officers and Churchill over a controversial plan.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/20/19
  

  Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? The Descendants, not Harvard, a Lawsuit Says

  Tamara Lanier is suing Harvard University for ownership of daguerreotypes of slaves who she says are her ancestors.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  3/20/19
  

  No, Fox’s Katie Pavlich, the US Wasn’t the First to Abolish Slavery

  by Juan Cole

  Slavery began in British North America in the 1600s. So it took longer than 150 years to abolish it. More like 200 years.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  3/20/19
  

  Boeing Brings 100 Years Of History To Its Fight To Restore Its Reputation

  Analysts expect Boeing to weather this storm. The company has certainly survived other rough patches in its century-long history.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/21/19
  

  Destroying Istanbul to 'Restore' It

  Many Istanbulites are concerned that the city’s plans for the future leave its storied past behind.

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• SOURCE: The Smithsonian
  3/19/19
  

  “Votes For Women," an Upcoming Exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, Highlights the Bold Accomplishments of Women of Color

  by Kate C. Lemay and Martha S. Jones

  The exhibit delves into the complexities and biases of the nature of persistence.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/20/19
  

  The U.S. should get more credit for ending slavery ‘within 150 years,’ Fox panelist says

  Many historians were quick to correct and criticize her remarks. 

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  3/19/19
  

  Road to Mueller report paved by Watergate, Iran-Contra, Lewinsky, Waco

  Here is an explanation of some past investigations and how their findings were made public.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/20/19
  

  What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It

  Dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History have been amended in a way that allows museumgoers to see the historical inaccuracies exhibits often perpetuate.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/20/19
  

  Women With Axes: Looking Back at World War II ‘Lumberjills’

  Meet Rosie the Riveter’s British cousins.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  3/21/19
  

  Museum Curator In Florida Races Against Time To Preserve Holocaust Items

  "Truly, the clock is ticking. We need to meet eyewitnesses as soon as possible, before they are no longer with us."

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• SOURCE: CNN
  3/20/19
  

  Electoral College is a hot topic again: Calling James Madison

  The Electoral College has been "targeted for reform or abolition some 700 times" over the course of our republic-- more than any other part of the Constitution.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/19/19
  

  How Low-Income Students Fare at Elite Colleges

  by Clint Smith

  Unwritten rules underlie all of elite-university life—and students who don’t come from a wealthy background have a hard time navigating them.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/16/19
  

  The accused New Zealand shooter and an all-white Europe that never existed

  Brenton Tarrant covered his arsenal with symbols and names that medieval historians say are being misused by white supremacists.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/17/19
  

  Her image had been buried near a Civil War battlefield for 100 years. Then I found her.

  A story uncovering and restoring a piece of Civil War history.

• 
• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/19/19
  

  A half-century before the hashtag, artists were on the front lines of #MeToo

  by Vivien G. Fryd

  The cultural prominence of rape and sexual assault might be new. Efforts to bring attention to the issue, however, are not.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  3/19/19
  

  Trump Seeks to Ax Humanities Endowment

  For third year in a row, he also seeks to kill National Endowment for the Arts. Congress has rejected those proposals in the past.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/18/19
  

  Racists in Congress fought statehood for Hawaii, but lost that battle 60 years ago

  by Sarah Miller Davenport

  Sixty years ago, Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation making Hawaii America’s 50th state. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  3/17/19
  

  What Historians of Fascism Think About the Suspected New Zealand Shooter's Declaration of Extremism

  Historians Ruth Ben-Ghait and Robert O. Paxton help us understand the tragedy through history. 

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• SOURCE: WAMU
  3/18/19
  

  The Turkish Embassy’s Surprising Role In Desegregating D.C. Jazz

  What was a completely segregated art slowly — and somewhat secretly — began to integrate in the halls of the Turkish Embassy.