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



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.


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





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



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.


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

Mark Z. Barabak

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26 Black History Facts You May Not Have Learned In School




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.


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