Published inLessons from HistoryAmerica’s First Board Game Praised Patriotism While Erasing SlaveryIt taught children civic trivia and moral virtue, yet left every plantation and displaced tribe invisible.Jun 2A response icon1Jun 2A response icon1
Published inLessons from HistoryThe Forgotten Sanctuary Where Black Slaves Were Free Long Before EmancipationThe daring escape of eight slaves led to Fort Mose, a community built on equality, family, and freedom.May 27A response icon1May 27A response icon1
Published inLessons from HistoryHow Hidden Racial Bias in the Appraisal Process Steals Wealth From Black FamiliesA California couple had to replace family photos and have a white friend pose as the owner just to get fair market value from their home.May 22May 22
Published inLessons from HistoryRacism Keeps Puerto Rico and Other Islands Under US Rule but Outside the ConstitutionUS Supreme Court rulings from 1901 labeled island residents “alien races,” letting Congress govern 3.6 million citizens without…May 17A response icon2May 17A response icon2
Published inLessons from HistoryMore Kids End Up in Jail When Schools Use Suspension as a Tool for DisciplineExclusionary policies tag marginalized kids as troublemakers and steer them toward real cells.May 13A response icon7May 13A response icon7
Published inLessons from HistoryShe Traded Paintings for Survival at Auschwitz but Her Art Remains ImprisonedDina Babbitt survived Auschwitz after Joseph Mengele chose her Snow White mural and demanded twelve portraits.May 5May 5
Published inLessons from HistoryGermany Confronts Its Past but America Still Hides the Scars of Slavery and Native SufferingOne nation teaches every child about Kristallnacht while many states still block lessons on Jim Crow and Native American removal.Apr 29A response icon58Apr 29A response icon58
Published inLessons from HistoryJesse Owens’ Four Gold Medals Could Not Stop Nazi Persecution of Black GermansAs “white humanity” was beaten on the Olympic track, the Rhineland Bastards were branded stateless and barred from school.Apr 25A response icon12Apr 25A response icon12
Published inLessons from HistoryNew York Times Buried Nazi Atrocities, Hiding the True Horror of the HolocaustLimited front page coverage meant that the true scale of Nazi persecution was hidden from public view.Apr 4A response icon2Apr 4A response icon2
Published inLessons from HistoryRacism Among American Presidents is a Thing of the Present … And the PastAmerica’s presidential racism goes back to slavery and still shapes our nation.Mar 21Mar 21
