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Jordan Brown
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History teacher. Taiwan.
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“And are we to have a Censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? Whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched?” Thomas Jefferson, 1814 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
The office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Glenn Youngkin’s father was 11 when the first Black student enrolled at Mr. Jefferson’s university. Youngkin’s father attended Duke when it was still an all-white university. This is not ancient history. uvamagazine.org/articles/des...
Desegregating UVA: Alumni reflect on groundbreaking era
Alumni reflect on a groundbreaking era that began with Gregory Swanson, UVA’s first black student, in 1950.
uvamagazine.org
March 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM