Tweeps, what are best *scholarly* articles on history and national memory? Thank you in advance! — Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) November 16, 2020
November 17, 2020
by Judith Kilborn
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Category Archives: History
July 29, 2020
by Judith Kilborn
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A powerful social media image: Holocaust shoes
View this post on Instagram These shoes are a powerful reminder of lives lost during the Holocaust. In July 1944, Soviet forces liberated the Majdanek camp. It was the first major concentration camp to be encountered. The SS had hastily … Continue reading
November 4, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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“St. Cloud professor examines Minnesota’s ties to slaveholder wealth in new book”
Professor Christopher Lehman will talk about his new book documenting Minnesota’s ties to slavery on Wednesday, November 6th, at 7 p.m. in Miller Center Auditorium. This St. Cloud Times’ article reveals some of this history. (I mentioned some of this information in … Continue reading
October 13, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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An MPR Podcast: “‘I’ve never told anyone’: Stories of life in Indian boarding schools”
A young girl prays at her bedside at a boarding school. A new book by an Ojibwe author tells the stories life for American Indian children in boarding schools designed to purge their language and culture. Here’s the lead for … Continue reading
September 15, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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on the 56 anniversary of the terrorist bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
In memory of the bombing…. They were found together. Two were so close their limbs touched. Sunday dresses tattered. Bodies shattered. Lives taken by killers for whom they didn’t matter. They did and they do. Never forget Denise, Carole, Cynthia, … Continue reading
September 3, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Saeed Jones on “enslaved ancestors”
I’ve seen the names of my enslaved ancestors – descendents of people who had to endure a forced march from the Carolina coast to western Tennessee – listed as inventory alongside cows and molasses. That history lives in me. It … Continue reading
September 3, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Kevin M. Kruse’s on Medgar Evers historical timeline
As many have noted, today marks the 55th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. While he officially died in the early hours of June 12, 1963, Evers’ death is better understood as the final act of … Continue reading
August 30, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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A rural Arkansas town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans
This is the lead in The Guardian’s article entitled “Arkansas: tree honoring 1919 Elaine Massacre victims cut down”: Officials are investigating after someone cut down a willow tree that was planted earlier this year to honor the victims of the 1919 … Continue reading
August 27, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Learning about Japanese American internment camps
I don’t usually post reflections in this blog; however, the St. Cloud Times’ article about the Smithsonian exhibit on Japanese Americans that I blogged about the other day got me to thinking about a personal memory—as has the continuing crisis … Continue reading
August 25, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Why a Smithsonian exhibit on Japanese-Americans and World War II is coming to Stearns
The article title appearing on today’s St. Cloud Times is “Smithsonian exhibit details an ‘injustice’: Display tells stories of Japanese Americans’ Internment,” and the lead describes the personal history of Sally Sudo, now an Edina resident. ST. CLOUD — Sally Sudo was among hundreds … Continue reading