Tag: civil rights

• Rights, The Declaration of Independence, & the Louisiana School System

  In this fascinating article by Tom Lindsey Is the Declaration of Independence Based on a Lie which I’ve started using in my history and government class, Lindsey brings up a rejected bill in the Louisiana State Assembly which would have required school students to recite a portion of the Declaration of Independence before school. Representative Norton, who…

  sassevn

  August 8, 2016

  History & Culture

  abraham lincoln, civil rights, declaration of independence, john locke, Louisiana, martin luther king jr., reciting declaration in schools, slavery

• What is History? An Essay

  Every once in a while I like to post a “proper” essay with citations and everything. This one tries to answer the question, “What is History?” There is no simple answer to this question as you will see.  History is an educated guess on a wing and a prayer.  Mere shadows of the past come…

  sassevn

  February 25, 2014

  History & Culture

  brown v. board, Bui Tin, civil rights, defining history, Dred Scott, George W. Bush, Gettysburg, historical veracity, Israel, plessy v. furgeson, pseudohistory, viet cong, what is history

• What is History: Part II

  Here’s another short excerpt about the confusing mess that we call history and how vastly different interpretations can muddy the waters of our past. If one was telling the story of life in the U.S. south during the 1950s and 1960s, one might paint the south in terms of the civil rights struggle and use…

  sassevn

  September 2, 2012

  Uncategorized

  civil rights, Dred Scott, George W. Bush, Plessy