A research associate at the University of Maryland said that we should ban the “Southern belle” and “remove the Southern belle from her inglorious perch.”
Topic: U.S. history
Adieu to Two Scholars
Here at Accuracy in Academia, we mostly get to cover only ersatz intellectuals. Actual scholars, we too frequently find, are far fewer in number. Their ranks just got thinner this month with the passing of…
College Board rewrites US History Exam after Outcry over Anti-American Language
Fox News with the latest on the controversy.
Erasing History: Universities Targeting Confederate Names on College Campuses
Erasing U.S. Civil War history from public view does not teach us lessons about the past so we can avoid the same mistakes in the future. Political correctness is running amok in America.
Tragedy of U.S. History
On February 17th, an education bill was passed by the Oklahoma State House of Representatives Education Committee to “defund the current Advanced Placement U.S. History course framework and replace it with a curriculum deemed more…
Confederate Statue at UNC Vandalized
So much for tolerance for history: A statue was vandalized with ‘KKK’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the Chapel Hill campus.
Professors are Not Happy with AP US History Course Curriculum
The College Fix reports: “Fifty-five college professors have signed an open letter in opposition to the College Board’s controversial new framework for Advanced Placement U.S. history classes, expressing frustration with what they call an “arid,…
Michelle Malkin: College Board’s Sabotage of American History
Another great take from Michelle Malkin. Apparently, American history is being changed by the College Board. Not surprising.
U.S. Eighth Graders Struggle in U.S. History
As the Washington Examiner reported: “Less than one-in-five eighth graders have a proficient grasp of United States history, and less than a quarter have a proficient grasp of civics, according to new government data released…
What if Abe Lincoln Lived?
Would the Civil Rights movement have taken place if Abraham Lincoln survived the assassin’s bullet delivered by John Wilkes Booth? Allen Guelzo, a civil war era professor at Gettysburg College, posed this question in a…