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2023 Institute Faculty

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Visiting Lecturers and Session Leaders Louise Bernard is the director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center. Aston Gonzalez is associate professor of history at Salisbury University in Maryland. He is a scholar of nineteenth century African American history, politics, and visual culture.

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Can a school save a neighborhood?

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As part of the redevelopment plan, the Blumberg homes were razed in 2016, and families were temporarily relocated to public housing elsewhere in the city. The students have visited places such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Temple University and a coffee factory. Her memories of the Anne Frank exhibit stayed with her.

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OPINION: America’s common narrative exists — and it must include Muslims and refugees

The Hechinger Report

In New York, the Statue of Liberty was renovated in 1986, and the Ellis Island Museum opened in 1990. On the Mall, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in 1993, the Korean Veterans’ Memorial in 1995, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in 1997, the World War II Memorial and the National Museum of the American Indian in 2004.

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Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

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The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.

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When black history isn’t relegated to a single month

The Hechinger Report

Black contributions to society are not being recognized in the pantheon of American history. In fact, we can use it to introduce more recent history and fresh faces. Kendi, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction. history from the perspective of black people.

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When black history isn’t relegated to a single month

The Hechinger Report

Black contributions to society are not being recognized in the pantheon of American history. The danger in relegating black history to a month is that it becomes horribly contained to a month. Kendi, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction. history from the perspective of black people.

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