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Princeton Seminary students ask for reparations for school’s history linked to slavery
“The Association of Black Seminarians posted a petition online earlier this month as a response to a report that detailed the seminary’s history with slavery, which was released last year. So far, the group has collected more than 400 signatures…
Read MoreTwo More NJ Tribes Have Recognition Reaffirmed
Ramapough Chief Dwayne Perry “The Powhatan Renape Nation and the Ramapough Lenape Nation were officially recognized as Native American tribes by New Jersey beginning in 1980, according to two settlement agreements signed by the tribes and New Jersey Attorney General…
Read MoreWhite Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
In his article in the Atlantic, Adam Serwer ties Madison Grant’s 1916 book The Passing of the Great Race to current political and ideological struggles as well as to its long acknowledged source for Hitler with its doctrine of race…
Read MoreAlumni speak on the Black Justice League’s fight against the University’s racist legacies
Princeton alumni, who were members of the Black Justice League (BJL), who demonstrated and sat-in in 2015 for changes at Princeton University, recall the events and what has changed and not changed in the intervening years. Click here to read…
Read MoreIt’s Time for Educators to Talk About Dr. Seuss
What was your favorite Dr. Seuss book? Mine was The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. March 2, the birthday of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was adopted in 1998 by the National Education Association as “Read across America”…
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