"I grew up in a village of 500 people in Delaware in the 1950s, and attended a segregated elementary school. At an ear…"

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"I have seen first-hand the corrosive effects of the notion that the study of the humanities in general and history in…"

"I am distressed that some people believe that enforced ignorance about our country’s past is a virtue. As historians,…"

"Q. Who are some of the most overlooked individuals or groups in U.S. history? A. People of modest means. Many of thes…"

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"Scientific education is catholic; it embraces the whole field of human learning. No student can master all knowledge …"

"Honest investigation is but the application of common sense to the solution of the unknown. Science does not wait on …"

"Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libat…"

"The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language."