Telling The Truth About History

UMass Amherst History Department by UMass Amherst History Department

Apr 13, 202201:27:46News & Politics

A panel conversation responding to the ongoing attacks on teaching accurate history, with Shevrin Jones, Laura Briggs, Raphael Rogers, and Jennifer Rich, moderated by Barbara Krauthamer. For not the first time in U.S. hi...

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