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Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham: Shaping a Legacy Through History

Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham envisions the role of the historian today as one who understands the present by examining the past that shaped it. In the same regard, the distinguished scholar sees history as a way to begin to talk about a more “fair and equitable” future.

March 12, 2019

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Scholars: Don’t Conflate Pro-Palestine with Anti-Semitism

A growing number of scholars argue that attempts to conflate pro-Palestinian support as anti-Semitism promote censorship of conversations that link the Israeli treatment of Palestinians to other human rights injustices.

January 8, 2019

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Harvard History Professor Makes History

Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham’s appointment as the first African-American chair of the Department of History at Harvard University is significant, but not for the reasons most would expect.

September 10, 2018

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Context Needed in Coverage of Libya Slave Trade, Media Experts Say

The auctioning of hundreds of African immigrants in Libya is perhaps one of the most underreported news stories of today. After CNN first published video footage of “slave auctions” in Libya last month, further news coverage has largely failed to provide context for understanding the crisis, some media professionals warn.

December 4, 2017