American History
Before Dreams, There Was Roots, November 2, 2009, American Thinker
Is Dreams From My Father as fraudulent as Roots?
Univ. of Md. Blacks Demand Apology for Slavery, October 29, 2009, Washington Informer
Evidence about use of slaves is murky, but that doesn’t matter.
Crowd Retraces John Brown's Incendiary Footsteps, October 19, 2009, Comcast News
Participants consider Brown a “heroic martyr.”
New Park Service Chief Sees 'Convergence', October 12, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Park Service: White crimes against non-whites “more relevant to today’s society.”
Mississippi Mandates Civil Rights Classes in Schools, October 9, 2009, Christian Science Monitor
Another white-guilt campaign.
Sugar Bowl 1956: A Southern Armageddon?, October 9, 2009, AR Classic Article
The racial battle was first lost on the playing field.
A Patchwork History of Hate, August 14, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Black folklorist sees nothing in rare quilt except her own biases.
Vinland Map of America No Forgery, Expert Says, July 23, 2009, Reuters
Map produced 400 years after Viking expeditions to North America.
Black Students Recount Early Days of Integration, July 21, 2009, Roanoke Times
UVA history project bemoans Virginia’s “massive resistance” movement.
Tracking Michelle Obama's Slave Roots, July 17, 2009, CNN
Barack has no slave roots to track.
Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in Houston, July 15, 2009, FOX News
Houston’s New Black Panther Party complains; billboard company caves in.
RI Closer to Changing State Name Over Slavery, June 26, 2009, AP
“State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” conjures up negative associations for some.
Rescuing Jefferson, June 26, 2009, AR Classic Article
Setting the record straight on Sally Hemings.
Thomas Jefferson Did Not Father Sally Hemings's Children, Author Claims in New Book, June 24, 2009, Black Voices
More evidence that the father was brother Randolph.
Senate Passes Apology for Slavery, Segregation, June 18, 2009, Newsmax
But resolution carries a disclaimer precluding any reparations.
Custer Rides Again in McDonald's Happy Meal, June 15, 2009, Huffington Post
Sioux still smarting over their victory at Little Big Horn.
The Lost History of Black Jockeys, June 10, 2009, EbonyJet
How “racism” drove black jockeys from the sport of kings.
Formal Apology for Connecticut's History of Slavery Passes House, June 3, 2009, Hartford (Connecticut) Courant
Voice vote is followed by self-congratulatory applause.
SC Manual Labels Former Black Speakers As 'Negro', June 2, 2009, AP
Lieutenant governor wants references in historical records deleted.
The First Memorial Day, May 26, 2009, Post and Courier
Historian attempts to debunk Southern tradition, then quietly affirms it.
Diversity on the Bench, May 21, 2009, AP
Sex and race of presidents’ nominees to federal bench.
The Case of Rosa Parks, May 8, 2009, AR Classic Article
‘Gilded honour shamefully misplaced.’
Slavery Mural in State Dept. of Agriculture Questioned, April 29, 2009, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Depiction of slaves leaves some “speechless.”
Historian: Blacks Played a Large Part in John Brown's Historic Raid, April 29, 2009, Davin White, Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette, April 26, 2009
Frederick Douglass and free blacks “helped.”
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses State Court on Ceded Lands, April 1, 2009, Honolulu Advertiser
US government apology for annexing Hawaii didn’t mean much, legally.
Africans Came with Columbus to New World, March 23, 2009, LiveScience
“Africans played a much larger role in the first documented explorations of America.”
The Fake White Slavemaster Black Slave Rape Epidemic, March 17, 2009, Robert Lindsay
Liberal pooh-poohs claims of white rape of black slaves.
White Men Meet Indians, February 27, 2009, AR Classic Article
Jamestown and the clash of civilizations.
A Fresh Look at the Lives of Civil War Soldiers Reveals the High Price of Diversity, February 25, 2009, Chronicle of Higher Education
Ethnically and geographically homogeneous units fought better during conflict.
Events Commemorate Unjust WWII Japanese Detention, February 20, 2009, AP
Perpetuating the myth of Japanese “internment.”
What Really Happened?, February 20, 2009, AR Classic Article
Setting the record straight.
Time to End Black History Month?, February 9, 2009, AP
We should be studying black history all year round.
The Unknown Martin Luther King, Jr., January 16, 2009, American Renaissance
King was hardly the greatest American.
Selma to Montgomery, 30 Years Later, January 16, 2009, AR Classic Article
Events that have entered the mythology of racial heroism were not as they are usually described.
Lost City of ‘Cloud People’ Found in Peru, December 4, 2008, London Telegraph
“The whitest and most handsome of all the people” in the New World.
Forgotten Black Voices, October 10, 2008, AR Classic Article
American slaves had surprisingly positive things to say about slavery
Children Aware of Voter Prejudice in US, October 7, 2008, AFP
They say discrimination has kept out non-whites and women.
White Men Meet Indians, September 5, 2008, AR Classic Article
Jamestown and the clash of civilizations.
The Modern Falsification of a Civil War Photograph, August 27, 2008, Retouching History
Photograph of black Confederates is a hoax.
Virginia Dig Searches for Black Southern Heritage, August 12, 2008, AP
Whites just can’t get enough slave history.
West African Bushmen Are Denied U.S. Visas, July 3, 2008, Times-Dispatch (Richmond)
Needed to build “authentic” mud huts for a Virginia museum.
Aztec Massacre, May 22, 2008, PBS
PBS feature admits Aztecs were cannibals.
After Slavery, Servitude, April 25, 2008, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Book claims that slavery continued into 20th century.
Senator Pushes School Course on Mass 1930s Deportations, April 23, 2008, AP
More white guilt.
Rice Hits U.S. ‘Birth Defect’, March 28, 2008, Washington Times
Condi says blacks were “a founding population.”
McKinley Students African-American Museum, March 28, 2008, Sioux City Journal
Propagandizing fifth-graders.
Frederick Commission Acts on Taney Statue, March 14, 2008, AP
“Civil rights” leaders oppose statue honoring former Chief Justice.
Pocahontas: Destroyer of Nations, March 14, 2008, AR Classic Article
Permissive immigration didn’t work out well for the Indians.
Letters Suggest Lincoln Wanted to Buy Slaves for $400 Apiece in ‘Gradual Emancipation’, March 5, 2008, AP
Buying slaves would have been cheaper than fighting the South.
Is a Multiracial Nation Possible?, February 8, 2008, AR classic article
Blacks understand what is at stake even if whites do not.