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  • Attila the Hun just misunderstood?
    At Past Imperfect, the pretty good history blog of the Smithsonian Institution, Mike Dash rounds up "The Nice Things to say about Attila the Hun. […]
  • History of parliamentary accountability
    "Don't shoot, I'll go quietly"?Word is, MPs of the governing Labour Party in Australia may be about to remove and replace their leader (and Prime Minister of Australia), Julia Gillard. Caucus members have been back in their electorates for two months and they have had plenty of time to soak up voters' feelings. Now that they are retu […]
  • Viola Desmond, cont'd.
    Mark Reynolds, expat Canadianist and father to the most charming online family I know, adds some time depth to the Viola Desmond story:...not to take anything away from Dr Backhouse, but as a student in Nova Scotia, I was definitely aware of her story long before 1999. I cannot for the life of me remember why - I seem to remember reading an article on her in […]
  • Viola Desmond stamp
    Canada Post's new stamp honours Viola Desmond, a Nova Scotia woman denied entrance in 1945 to the main seating area of a New Glasgow movie theatre because she was black and then prosecuted for breaking the law when she complained. I think maybe the stamp also honours historical scholarship.  To my knowledge, the Viola Desmond story was essentially unkno […]
  • People of Monticello
    From the New York Times, an impressive review of what sounds like two impressive exhibits: one at the National Museum of American History in Washington DC, and a permanent one at Monticello, the historic-site estate of Thomas Jefferson. Both exhibits focus on the community of enslaved black people who sustained Monticello  -- some 600 named individuals, over […]
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