The War on History: Defending Ethnic Studies (Viewpoint Essay)

By The Black Scholar

Release Date: 2010-12-22
Genre: Social Science

Description

IN A SPEECH at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2010, the 47th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Glenn Beck (followed by Sarah Palin) purportedly eschewed politics, focusing instead on God, history, and the greatness of America: "This is a day that we can start the heart of America again. And it has nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with God. Everything turning our face back to the values and the principles that made us great ..." (1)

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