by lindaoppenheim | Feb 10, 2018 | Opinion, schools
Noting the complaint that “appears at least once on my students’ course evaluations: ‘too much time on race’ ” every time he teaches American history, Donald Earl Collins adds, “A small but persistent minority of my students seem to want...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 22, 2017 | Opinion
Brent Staples compares the histories of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” composed by Francis Scott Key, who owned human beings, and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the popularity of the latter in the African American community reflecting “a quiet...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 12, 2017 | Article
Citing the backlash received by Sarah Bond following the publication of the article about “the multicolored paint on ancient marble sculpture, and how its erasure has connections to white supremacy,” Rebecca Futo Kennedy explains why she teaches about...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 5, 2017 | Events
October 6 at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., October 7 at 12:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m., and October 8 at 12:30 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Plaza @ Lewis Arts complex. Tours begin at the Plaza This series of pointed, inquisitive and playful performance walks through the...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 17, 2017 | Article
Did you think that all Confederate monuments were south of the Mason-Dixon line? This map in the New York Times illustrates the extent of their distribution along with photos and text about their removal.