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Climbing the Ivory Tower: Marginalized Voices in Academia
As part of our special issue on “education” for the month of August, The Activist History Review would like to introduce a multi-part series on the experiences of academics from marginalized communities.
Review: The Young Republic, Unit 2 of Joyce Appleby’s The American Vision
Unit 2 adheres chiefly to the traditional narrative of U.S. history, moving from the First Party System through national development before ending with “Manifest Destiny”—a euphemism for colonialism that has long overstayed its welcome yet remains at home here.
A United Kingdom?: Teaching Against Imperialism in the UK
Ignorance can be counteracted within schools and the education system by teaching the truth of Britain and Empire. The people of tomorrow aren’t just white British, but are multicultural.
Review: The Early Modern World, Chapters 5 to 7 of Jackson Spielvogel’s World History: Modern Times
Chapters 5-7 provided numerous opportunities for demonstrating and examining connections between the “West and the rest.” These opportunities, had they taken them, would have allowed this book to be an actual world history.
Back to School: The Activist History Review Reviews High School History Textbooks
As part of our special issue on “education” this month, we’re excited to feature a series of reviews of high school history textbook units by professional historians.
The Barton Lies: A Roundtable on the Career of Fundamentalists’ Favorite “Historian”
Beck and Barton’s plans raise a number of questions for activist historians and professional historians more generally.
Review: The World before Modern Times, Unit 1 of Jackson Spielvogel’s World History: Modern Times
Unit 1 of Jackson Spielvogel’s high school history textbook World History: Modern Times is by far the most expansive, covering the period from the Neolithic Age to the Renaissance and a geographical area that encompasses Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. By far its biggest issue is its privileging of European knowledge systems.
Review: Creating a Nation, Unit 1 of Joyce Appleby’s The American Vision
This unit does not ask questions of the materials it includes that would provide a greater voice for disenfranchised communities like women, Native Americans, and African Americans.
The Other Activist History: An Editorial Response to Glenn Beck and David Barton’s “History Training Camp”
Our hope, as we move forward, is that our work might inspire others to support our own version of activist history at Barton’s expense—one grounded in fearlessly examining history and its implications for the present.
Anderson Runs for Mayor to Stop the Painful Violence
Charles’ art and activism have been a fixture in the city for the last decade, so when I learned Charles would be running for mayor, I knew I wanted to interview him.
