Black Education / Schools : We've Been Telling the Alamo Story Wrong for Nearly 200 Years. Now It's Time to Correct the Record

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We've Been Telling the Alamo Story Wrong for Nearly 200 Years. Now It's Time to Correct the Record​

It's Time to Correct the Alamo Story

So much of what we “know” about the battle at the Alamo is provably wrong

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There is no evidence Davy Crockett went down fighting, as John Wayne famously did in his 1960 movie The Alamo, a font of misinformation; there is ample testimony from Mexican soldiers that Crockett surrendered and was executed.



Illustration of the Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, March 6, 1836.Getty Images

BY BRYAN BURROUGH AND JASON STANFORD​

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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'The Myth Itself Becomes a Stand-in.' What Can the Alamo's History Teach Us About Teaching History?​

'The Myth Itself Becomes a Stand-in.' What Can the Alamo's History Teach Us About Teaching History?

Less than a month after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill he described as “a strong move to abolish critical race theory in Texas”—which educators worry will limit how they can talk about the history of systemic racism and current events—the Republican leader put the issue back...

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The facade of Mission San Antonio de Valero, better known as The Alamo, on Dec. 9, 2018. Credit - Robert Alexander—Getty Images

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Olivia B. Waxman

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Column: Remembering the Alamo, Texans fight over myth versus history

Column: Remembering the Alamo, Texans fight over myth versus history

A new book debunking popular lore results in the kind of cancellation conservatives decry.

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Generations of school kids have been taught a comic-book version of events: how the heroic Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis and their vastly outnumbered comrades holed up in an old Spanish church and fought valiantly to the death, ultimately helping Texas win its independence from Mexico’s tyrannical rule.



Plans for an ambitious makeover of the Alamo historic site have stalled for years amid political squabbling. (Eric Gay/Associated Press)

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Mark Z. Barabak

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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26 Black History Facts You May Not Have Learned In School​

26 Black History Facts You May Not Have Learned In School

A few little-known Black History facts spanning various topics that will inspire you to take your research beyond Black History Month.

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From the hidden figures that made an impact, essential Black inventors, change-making civil rights leaders, award-winning authors, and show-stopping 21st century women, Black history is rich in America. Resources like BlackPast.org, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Library of Congress are great ways to expand on your knowledge as well as learn little-known Black history facts to further your understanding of African American culture.

McKenzie Jean-Philippe​

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