Inventing Black and White – Learn how Bacon’s Rebellion became a turning point for the way the laws of colonial Virginia distinguished people of different races. (Note that the two classes – poor vs. indentured/slaves – united, but it was to continue the expansion of the colonies into indigenous land.)
Erasing History at the National Archives
Colleen Shogan is accused of de-emphasizing racial conflict in presentations of history at the NA.
Rafu Shimpo: Community Groups Call for Accountability at National Archives – erasure of Japanese American history.
ArtNet: The National Archives Museum Is Under Fire for Allegedly Scrubbing Difficult Historical Events
WSJ (paywall): America’s Top Archivist Puts a Rosy Spin on U.S. History—Pruning the Thorny Parts
