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The American creation story is based on freedom, equality, and the pursuit of happiness. That story, like most creation stories, is part true and part myth. Since it’s Black History Month, here are five truths that remain hidden from too many people today. America was founded on white supremacy
- ACLU Staff
Feb 18, 2020 · Race. 6 myths about the history of Black people in America. Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about Black history, including the Tuskegee experiment and enslaved people’s...
Nov 13, 2023 · There is no reason to fear a history that, while illuminating the dark corners of America’s past, also displays values and expectations that are central to America’s identity: resiliency...
- Lonnie G. Bunch III
Jun 15, 2007 · Demographics. African-American. Ten myths, half-truths and misunderstandings about Black history. Paul Ruffins cmaadmin (EDU) Jun 15, 2007. Black history may have seemed “lost, stolen or strayed” at one time, but since then much of the African American past has been rediscovered and reanalyzed.
Feb 2, 2024 · Historians interviewed by ABC News argue that these restrictions will limit the information taught about racial history in the United States. In a 2022 Quinnipiac University poll, only 27 percent ...
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- Kiara Alfonseca
Jan 18, 2023 · By Jeff Cercone • March 27, 2024. There are people of both African and Native American descent. But this post ignores hundreds of years of documented history and science that tells the story of...
Feb 20, 2022 · Black history offers America a chance to see itself both as what we have failed to become and as we wish ourselves to be. It is not to inspire hate for one race or to foment division.
