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Tag Archives: historians
Archaeological excavation south of Fort Atkinson
Did you know there was an archaeological excavation site south of Fort Atkinson? The Finch Excavation Site, studied by the Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center since 2009, will be the topic of a talk by Richard H. Kubicek, Principal Investigator, … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, articles, books, Fort Atkinson, historians, history, indians of north america, lectures, local history, Mississippian Culture, Woodland Culture
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Knowing How We Got Here
This week I read Leonard Pitts‘ column in the Janesville Gazette “You can’t understand world unless you know how it was,” in which he laments that many people do not know basic history, and thus cannot put our world today … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, authors, books, columnists, harlem, historians, history, jim crow, reading, slavery
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