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UNC Faculty, Post-Docs on Native American History & Thanksgiving

As folks at UNC head home or meet with loved ones for this week of Thanksgiving, they may hear the story of the “First Thanksgiving” in children’s books or on television. In a recent article for Time Magazine, several members of the History Department came together to ask us to reflect on 8 historical moments that are more important to Native Americans in the United States than this mythologized event. UNC History Professor Kathleen Duval, Carolina Postdoctoral Fellow Raquel Escobar, and former UNC postdoctoral fellow Kyle Mays were all interviewed for the story, which you can check out here.

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*Though the History Department uses the name Pauli Murray Hall for our building, on official maps you will find it as Hamilton Hall. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton’s intellectually dishonest historical and archival work promoted white supremacy. In contrast, Pauli Murray marshaled unassailable evidence and analysis in the service of racial and gender equality. In July 2020, all of the departments housed in the building agreed to adopt the name Pauli Murray Hall in place of Hamilton Hall. An official request with the Chancellor is pending. For more information, please see here.
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