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Christopher Columbus
October 12, 2020
Laurel Emanuel
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Nick Martin
How I Found My Voice as the Only Native Student in My Class
I pushed my local school board to adopt Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It was a real victory—but only a first step.
June 11, 2020
Nick Martin
Now Do Lincoln
Protesters are tearing down statues of Columbus and other villains of history. The true test will come when they reckon with their heroes.
March 19, 2013
David Greenberg
Agit-Prof
Howard Zinn's influential mutilations of American history
January 15, 2007
Damon Linker
The Big Test
January 6, 1992
Simon Schama
Christopher Columbus Was Both a Crusader and a Villain
But his story is too complicated to only use dichotomies.
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