All Articles
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Race beyond Reason
September 1, 1993
At the very beginning of his discussion Professor Nobile poses the question: "Are whites able to teach African American history?" He logically concludes that "I know of no rational argument that prove...
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Exchange on Anti-Gay Discrimination in Colorado
September 1, 1993
Dear Governor Romer: I am writing at the direction of the governing Council of the American Historical Association, the oldest and largest organization of professional historians in the United States ...
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Gray Named 199394 Fellow in Aerospace History
September 1, 1993
Chris Hables Gray is the eighth annual recipient of the Fellowship in Aerospace History, a program supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fellowship, administered b...
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Confronting the Afrocentric Obsession
September 1, 1993
Professor Nobile's disturbing report of his experience as a white man teaching African American history explicitly affirms that "communication" is at the heart of teaching. His essay is a poignant lam...
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Parc Fifty Five Hotel Labor Dispute Resolved
September 1, 1993
As many of our members may be aware, the Association signed a contract in 1990 for a block of 450 rooms at the Parc Fifty Five Hotel for the January 1994 meeting and subsequently learned of an on-goin...
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First NHEN/HTA Director Opens Tulsa Office
September 1, 1993
The newly combined National History Education Network/History Teaching Alliance office opened this summer at the University of Tulsa with Christine L. Compston as its first director. Last spring, the ...
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Letter to the Editor: Thoughtful Insights on Cross-Cultural Assessment
September 1, 1993
To the Editor: As a historian who is trying to write a book about the world in the twentieth century, I found Theodore H. Von Laue article ("Declaration of Interdependence: World History for the Twent...
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Gail Terry Receives 1993-94 J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship
September 1, 1993
The recipient of the sixteenth annual J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History is Gail S. Terry, Wabash College. The fellowship is offered annually by the Library of Congress and the AHA to ...
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H-Net Announces 17 Scholarly Lists for Historians
September 1, 1993
Dramatic changes are underway in the electronic communications infrastructure worldwide, especially the Internet and Bitnet systems that link academic computers together. H-Net is an initiative of the...
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Where Is the White Professor Located?
September 1, 1993
As an Afrocentrist my concern is not so much could or should a white person reach African American history but rather what "location" the teacher brings to the subject. I would wish that a teacher who...