6.5.2023 SHOW NOTES: Affirmation in the Headlines

Here are your show notes for today's class: “Frankly I had thought that at the time (Roe vs. Wade) was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.” --Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York Times Magazine, 2009 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thought Roe … Continue reading 6.5.2023 SHOW NOTES: Affirmation in the Headlines

5.23.2023 SHOW NOTES: The Connection Between The Conservation Movement and Eugenics

Here are your show notes for today's class: Report: Ties Between Environmentalism And Eugenics ‘Run Deep’ Eugenics organizations and legislation “Culling the Herd”: Eugenics and the Conservation Movement in the United States, 1900–1940 "Culling the Herd": Eugenics and the Conservation Movement in the United States, 1900-1940 Conservation and Eugenics 16) Madison Grant and environmental eugenics … Continue reading 5.23.2023 SHOW NOTES: The Connection Between The Conservation Movement and Eugenics

5.18.2023 UPDATE: Eugenics Part II (1974–Present Day)

Here are your show notes for today's class: PRECURSORS An Essay on the Principle of Population On The Origin of Species: The story of Darwin's title ********************* GENERAL BACKGROUND eugenics (Britannica) Eugenics (Stanford) Eugenics (Slide Presentation) History of Eugenics (Slide Presentation) ********************* FOUNDERS Francis Galton The Origins of Eugenics Learn about Francis Galton and the … Continue reading 5.18.2023 UPDATE: Eugenics Part II (1974–Present Day)

5.16.2023 UPDATE: Eugenics Part I (1883–1974)

5.9.2023 SHOW NOTES: A ‘Big Picture’ Look At The History Of Slavery In General

Here are the 'Show Notes' for today's lesson: THE REVISIONIST HISTORY Fact Check: The First Slave Owner In America Was NOT A Black Man The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History The year the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown is drilled … Continue reading 5.9.2023 SHOW NOTES: A ‘Big Picture’ Look At The History Of Slavery In General