Category: Diversity in the Classroom

  • CW at 160: Slavery in the US

    The legacy of slavery in the United States spans over 250 years and fundamentally shaped our nation’s development. From 1619 to 1865, millions of Africans and African Americans were enslaved, their labor building much of the economic foundation of colonial America and the early republic. Understanding this history means recognizing both the profound injustices endured…

  • The Road Not Taken: What If Roosevelt Had Embraced Churchill’s Mediterranean Strategy?

    This article presents an alternate history of D-Day, exploring how different strategic decisions by Roosevelt and Churchill could have reshaped World War II and the post-war era.

  • The Educator Who Rose from Civil War Ashes: How Mary McLeod Bethune Built an Educational Empire from Slavery’s Ruins

    When most Americans think of Civil War heroes, they envision generals like Grant and Sherman, or politicians like Lincoln and Douglas. But the war’s most profound victory may have belonged to a girl born into slavery who would transform American education forever. The Forgotten Dimension of Civil War Victory The Civil War ended slavery, but…

  • Superman (2025): A Hero Returns with Heart and Hope

    Rating: ★★★★☆ After years of darker, more brooding superhero films, James Gunn’s Superman arrives like a breath of fresh air—or perhaps more accurately, like a gentle breeze from Smallville. This isn’t just a reboot; it’s a love letter to everything that makes Superman enduring, wrapped in modern filmmaking techniques and delivered with Gunn’s signature blend…

  • Book Review: Three Revolutions by Simon Hall

    Simon Hall’s “Three Revolutions” explores the impact of journalism on revolutionary movements in the 20th century through dual biographies of revolutionaries and their journalists, highlighting media’s influence on history.

  • The Unsung Hero: How Hubert Humphrey Transformed the Democratic Party on Civil Rights

    Hubert Humphrey’s 1948 convention speech redefined the Democratic Party’s approach to civil rights, shaping its future political identity and liberating it from Southern segregationist influences.