segregation – The Activist History Review

by Editorial Board August 25, 2017 1

August 2017

Review: Global Struggles, Unit 7 of Joyce Appleby’s The American Vision

Unit 7 of The American Vision, “Global Struggles,” covers the period from 1941 to 1960, providing an overview of the decades’ important events and issues that improves greatly upon the triumphalist Cold War textbooks that I remember reading as a teenager.

by Editorial Board August 21, 2017 1

August 2017

No Country for Johnny Reb or Bobby Lee

Removal without consideration of the historical context that led to their placement and the social wounds inflicted by white supremacy that are continually reopened in communities around the nation does nothing to resolve structural racism and heal those wounds.

by Editorial Board March 24, 2017 0

March 2017 Spotlight On: Race

“Hands off DC”: Race and Congressional Control of Washington, DC

Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) recently made national headlines and late-night punchlines when he suggested low income people should stop buying iPhones to afford healthcare.[1] In the District of Columbia, however, Chaffetz is primarily known for his attempts to block DC legislation and programs.