The Canadian residential school system
The Canadian residential school system was a government-sponsored and church-administered network of boarding schools that operated for over 160 years, with the explicit goal of...
Category : History
British imperialism in the Pacific
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The story of British imperialism in the Pacific represents one of history’s most consequential expansions of European power, transforming vast oceanic regions and countless indigenous...
Aboriginal Australians
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Aboriginal Australians, the Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and its islands, such as Tasmania, the Tiwi Islands, and the Torres Strait, represent one of...
Captain James Cook
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Captain James Cook’s voyages to the Pacific Ocean played a significant role in initiating European colonization, which ultimately led to devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples...
Seneca Village
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Seneca Village, founded in 1825, was a remarkable community of free African American property owners and immigrants that flourished in what is now Central Park,...
It’s a Challenge to find White Heroes
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The Myth of the White Hero: Unveiling the Dark Legacy For centuries, history has been curated and narrated through a lens that glorified specific figures...
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
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Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by his...
Reverend Robert A. Elwood
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Reverend Robert A. Elwood was a Presbyterian minister whose inflammatory rhetoric directly contributed to one of the most notorious lynchings in Delaware history. In June...
Carrie Butler
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Carrie Butler was a Black woman born around 1909 in the segregated South, specifically in Edgefield, South Carolina. In the early 1920s, she began working...
White America’s Legacy of Racist and Immoral Empowerment
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How White Americans Have Historically Supported Racist Politicians Throughout American history, the political landscape has been shaped by a troubling pattern: the empowerment and elevation...