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The Dunning School was a historiographical school of thought regarding the Reconstruction period of American history (1865–1877), supporting conservative elements against the Radical Republicans who introduced civil rights in the South. It was named for Columbia University professor William Archibald Dunning, who taught many of its followers.
His views evolved over time and he was a founder of the first anti-slavery society in America and sought to link emancipation to the Revolution. [73] [74] In 2017, the university began the Penn & Slavery Project to explore the connections of its funders, trustees, and faculty to slavery as well as uncover the stories of people enslaved by them.
Fields was the first African American woman to earn tenure at Columbia University. She has also taught at Northwestern University , the University of Michigan , and the University of Mississippi . She is widely known for her 1990 essay, "Slavery, Race and Ideology in the United States of America."
Columbia University will acknowledge its ties to slavery and racism by adding historical markers to four residence halls. As reported The post Columbia University acknowledges ties to slavery, KKK ...
William Archibald Dunning (12 May 1857 – 25 August 1922) [1] was an American historian and political scientist at Columbia University noted for his work on the Reconstruction era of the United States. [2]
In 2002 the Osher Foundation began making program development grants of $100,000 a year for up to three years to launch new OLLI programs. The initial focus was on California, which now has OLLI programs at seven University of California and 16 California State University campuses. In 2004 Osher established a National Resource Center (NRC) at ...
In an oral history interview last year with the University of Texas at El Paso, Corral noted that farmworkers where he’d been living in Delicias, Mexico, made just 4 pesos a day. In the US, he ...
The Nacoms were founded in 1898, with the object of "bring[ing] together in their junior year a few of the men in each class, who have done the most for the University, and at the same time stand well in their college work", with the hope "that the society will have a beneficial influence in college affairs".