by Monty Self | Jun 2, 2022 | Opinion
The U.S. has a long history of immigration. Outside of descendants of the continent’s Indigenous peoples and those Africans forced to its shores for enslavement, it is a nation of immigrants. U.S. immigration rates began to rise after the Civil War, peaking between...
by Angela Grant | May 19, 2022 | News
History is the version of events that is written down after careful consideration, while memory is a collection of feelings and mental images which, though not recorded, might still be worthy of reflection. This raises a question: What is a statue that is based on an...
by Starlette Thomas | May 16, 2022 | News
Many Americans are fighting over history or better still, the preservation of their version of it. From Civil War monuments to critical race theory, how we want to remember people, places and things continues to divide the United States. But talking to the people who...
by Fiona Vernal | Mar 24, 2022 | Opinion
The 15th anniversary of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is an auspicious time to reconsider the etymology of the word “commemorate.” Coined in the 1590s, as sugar was poised to revolutionize Atlantic...
by Monty Self | Mar 11, 2022 | Opinion
A group of university students asked me how Ukrainians have been able to stand up to Russian forces. “We will not forgive. We will not forget,” I replied. They looked at me confused. “It’s an allusion,” I explained. “An allusion to Russian and Ukrainian history and to...
