Matt Delmont

Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery | CNN Politics Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the...

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000+ Books on African Americans During WWII Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont, the Zinn Education Project offered 14,000+ copies of Delmont's book to public school teachers, school librarians, a...

We recommend historian @mattdelmont.bsky.social’s book, "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad," for high school & adults.

Teachers, school librarians, & teacher educators received free copies.

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The Civil Rights Movement Changed America. We Glorify It at Our Peril.

My review of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" by Brandon Terry is up now @nytimes.com
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Is All of This Self-Monitoring Making Us Paranoid?

Thinking about wearables in the NYT - don’t be part of the worried well! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/s...

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