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Shackles, Chains, and Canon
In his essay, “In Praise of Dead White Men,” Lindsay Johns argues that efforts to make education more “relevant” to black people can be both patronizing and harmful, and that western literary canon should be taught to everyone. While I … Continue reading
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The Peninsula Campaign of 1862
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Thirty-fourth Regiment by Lieutenant Louis N. Chapin (1903): March 29, 1862, finds the Thirty-fourth Regiment, with nearly all the rest of the First Brigade, onboard steamer, R. Williams, anchored for a little time … Continue reading