Tag: History

In Defense of American History

American society is in open revolt against its own strength. We unjustly admonish our ancestors, discarding their achievements by assessing character flaws ex post facto. Those who have accomplished comparatively very little,...

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Rename Longstreet-Means. It’s Time.

“Named for the second and fourth presidents of Emory College, Longstreet-Means Hall replaced a residence hall constructed on the same site in 1955. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was a well-known lawyer, minister and author, whose...

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Senior Society Creates Community Leaders

As the 50th anniversary of my initiation into the Emory Senior Society approaches, I’m reflecting on my experiences as a student leader and activist during a very eventful time in our nation’s history, a period of rapid cultural...

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Before Cancelling People, Consider Discourse

If anything unifies the increasingly divided Democratic party, it’s support for former President Barack Obama, who still holds approval among 97 percent of Democrats. However, Obama’s recent comments regarding “call-out culture”...

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