Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Flawed History: How Americans get Their History Wrong
Department
History
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2010-2011
Abstract
In this presentation we will explore many myths in American history, from where the Columbus holiday came from to the speech on race by Barack Obama. Some of the topics fit the "politically correct" mode, but some show the highlights our "multicultural" society has left out. For example, slaves freed themselves and Abraham Lincoln really freed no one when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. However, without large numbers of white males many of the popular reform movements like civil and women's rights would have never come to fruition. The presentation should prompt interesting discussions, as none of the long-held beliefs of Americans about certain topics is fully true or false. There is a lot of gray area in history.
Conference Name
55th Annual Conference
Conference Location
Kalamazoo, Michigan
ScholarWorks Citation
Stabler, Scott, "Flawed History: How Americans get Their History Wrong" (2010). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 100.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/100
