revisionist history

January 15, 2024

‘His Dream’s Been Weaponized Into His Nightmare’: How Martin Luther King Jr’s Words Have Been Co-Opted

Andrew Lawrence The Guardian

Politicians and celebrities routinely twist the message of the civil rights icon, turning a radical legacy into revisionist history

March 8, 2023

The Surprising History of International Women’s Day

Sarah Pruitt History

Though International Women’s Day may be more widely celebrated abroad than in the United States, its roots are planted firmly in American soil where efforts were made to separate it from its socialist origins.

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January 8, 2023

“Yellowstone” Is a Conservative Texas Rewriting of the American West – And Also Great Television

Steve Chapple Stansbury Forum

“Yellowstone” is superbly written, filmed and acted television, great entertainment for those who have never heard of it since, alas, they are too busy binge-watching “White Lotus” (also great television) and it celebrates some true non-Trumpy conservative values like hard-work and patriotism. But it’s not Montana.

June 17, 2021

‘Forget the Alamo’ Unravels a Texas History Made of Myths, or Rather, Lies

Nic Yeager Texas Observer

Three Texan authors build on a long tradition of dissent from patriotic accounts of Texas history in a new book on the racism baked into our story of the Alamo.

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