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Oregon’s 2022 report card: what voters said
Oregon’s polarized election results reflected those of other states but with the twists that typify the state’s distinctions, seen in four ballot questions as well as contests for office. From them I infer our political values and democratic health: we … Continue reading
Posted in slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, Uncategorized, Voting
Tagged "Greater Idaho", 2022 elections, Christine Drazan, gun control, Harney County, involuntary servitude, Multnomah County, Portland OR, Thirteenth Amendment, Tina Kotek, Voting
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Three presidents and forks in the road: two steps forward and . . . .
On a sunny afternoon in November, I walked up to the Lincoln Memorial and felt a lump rise in my throat, as it has on this transcontinental trek in other places that represent human triumph and suffering: South Pass in … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, Uncategorized
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Second Inaugural Address, Monticello, slavery, Springfield Race Riot, The 1619 Project, Thomas Jefferson
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The lies our textbooks told us
A link to The Washington Post version of my post on the Virginia government’s effort to rewrite history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/slavery-history-virginia-textbook/2020/07/31/d8571eda-d1f0-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html. Published in the Sunday opinion section on August 2, it drew more than 1900 comments. My sampling suggests people were inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, slavery, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam Wesley Dean, Brown v Board, Civil War, Donald Trump, Dorothy Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward, Francis B. Simkins, J. Lindsey Almond Jr., James J. Kilpatrick, Lewis F. Powell, Massive Resistance, Spotswood Hunnicutt Jones, Voting Rights Act
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Exhuming history, exposing lies
As I watched Richmond city workers, surrounded by cheering protestors, remove a hundred-year-old towering bronze of Stonewall Jackson on horseback from its base on Monument Avenue, tears streamed down my face. On the 157th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Wesley Dean, Brown v Board, C. Vann Woodward, David Brion Davis, Donald Trump, Dorothy Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward, Francis B. Simkins, Harry Flood Byrd Sr., Heather Heyer, J. Lindsey Almond Jr., James J. Kilpatrick, Lewis F. Powell, Massive Resistance, Spotswood Hunnicutt Jones
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