California

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/30/2020
  

  As Palmdale Grapples With A Hanging Death, Locals Recall The Area's Racist History

  Because of the area's troubled past, it's easy for locals to think the worst happened to Fuller.

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• SOURCE: KCET
  6/30/2020
  

  Tongva to Zumba: 'East of East' Celebrates Radical History of El Monte

  “East of East” draws on scholarship in disciplines such as history, cultural studies and urban geography. However, its strength lies in its ability to amplify the voices and expressions of those generally excluded from official archival histories to provide a “new archive” of the region’s historical and contemporary significance. 

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• SOURCE: SFist
  6/22/2020
  

  Who Was Junipero Serra, and Why Do Activists Want His Name Stripped From Institutions and His Statues Toppled?

  The architect of the Spanish Mission system in California has some defenders among historians, but Native American activists associate his legacy with genocide. 

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• SOURCE: KCRW
  6/24/2020
  

  Who Owns History? New Book Reconsiders San Gabriel Valley’s Pioneer Past

  The local history project East of East seeks to amplify the histories of people of color in El Monte, CA.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/14/2020
  

  The Pandemic and Protests Have Exposed the Truth About California

  by Miriam Pawel

  The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the notion of American exceptionalism. The same is true for the golden myth of California, where American inequalities are perhaps most starkly displayed.

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• 6/14/2020
  

  The Vexations of History In An Age of Police Violence: A Ventura County California Perspective

  by Frank P. Barajas

  Protests like those in the author's home city show that minority communities across the nation have longstanding historical grievances against police departments that must be addressed with meaningful change.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  4/26/2020
  

  Set the Night on Fire by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener (Review)

  Jon Weiner and Mike Davis's history of 60s Los Angeles traces the city’s turbulent era of rebellion, police brutality and rise of the counterculture.

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• SOURCE: KCRW
  4/16/2020
  

  California’s ‘Western States Pact’ with Oregon and Washington Has a Long History

  USC history professor William Deverell contextualizes California's unique response to the coronavirus.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/18/20
  

  California Plans to Apologize to Japanese-Americans Over Internment

  Nearly 80 years after Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps, the State Assembly plans to formally apologize for its role in the detention.

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• SOURCE: LA Times
  1/19/20
  

  California’s forgotten slave history

  by Sarah Barringer Gordon and Kevin Waite

  San Bernardino’s early success rested on a pair of seemingly incongruous forces: Mormonism and slavery.

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg News
  September 20, 2019
  

  History is on California's Side in Emissions Imbroglio With Trump

  by Andrew M Harris

  The Trump administration claims sole power to regulate tailpipe standards. However, professors say most populous state has law, facts on its side. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/21/19
  

  How decades of L.A. smog led to California’s war with Trump over car pollution

  President Trump said he would revoke California’s ability to set its own auto emissions standards, a provision that gave the most populous state significant sway over the car industry.

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• SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
  9/8/19
  

  Newfound Artifacts alter timeline for Native Americans in California

  The presence of newfound artifacts is evidence, archaeologists say, that native people in Northern California carried on their traditions and maintained tribal ties much longer than many historians thought.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/19/19
  

  ‘It’s Called Genocide’: California Gov. Newsom Apologizes to the State’s Native Americans

  The governor’s proclamation is part of a cultural moment in which Americans are increasingly grappling with the nation’s past sins.

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• SOURCE: High Country News
  4/29/19
  

  Indigenous educators fight for an accurate history of California

  Some believe the Golden State is ignoring a history of violence against Native Americans.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/17/19
  

  How California is dumbing down our democracy

  by Max Boot

  It is a matter of national concern that the California State University (CSU) system is on the verge of further diluting its already inadequate history and government requirements.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  2/27/19
  

  Study of American Democracy on Cal State Chopping Block

  Faculty proposal would split a U.S. history and ideals required sequence across the CSU system. Historians aren't happy with the idea.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  1/15/19
  

  New Teacher's Guide on "Comfort Women" To Be Distributed Across California Schools

  The debate around teaching this history has been controversial. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  12-28-2018
  

  Jerry Brown wraps a 5-decade history in California politics

  The son of Gov. Pat Brown, Jerry Brown became governor at 36 and built a reputation as an idealist who eschewed traditional trappings of wealth and power.

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• 10/28/18
  

  Get Ready for California to Dominate Presidential Politics in 2020

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  As many as five serious potential candidates live there and the state’s primary will be held in March, not June, as in past years.