Tag: History

  • Teaching US History since 1970 (11 January 2026)

    Historical perspective challenges anyone who attempts it. A Chinese historian has told me that the last five centuries are too brief to be considered history. A few colleagues have debated if it is appropriate to use datasets about the era of the Second World War because so many people have memories from the years between…

  • Love America? Teach the Truth! (10 January 2026)

    On Saturday, January 10, 2026, the American Historical Association hosted its Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a panel of distinguished educators featuring Jessica Ellison (National Council for History Education), Jennifer Baniewicz (Amos Alonzo Stagg High School), Julian Maxwell Hayter (University of Richmond), and Amy Godfrey Powers (Waubonsee Community College), and Annie Evans (New American…

  • Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)

    Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)

    An endowed chair is a singular recognition of a scholar’s work in the academy. To earn one at the most distinguished institution for the teaching of liberal arts in service to the defense of human rights marks an unparalleled achievement. Then, within two months, the key text in defending critical race theory and Afrofuturism won…

  • The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The following transcript was the basis for Distinguished Professor Walter D. Greason’s report on the work of the “History of Slavery”, “Faith and Black Resistance”, and “Economic Justice” committees for the New Jersey Reparations Council, a project of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Our colleagues in presenting the history of enslavement in New…

  • Peace in the Twenty-Second Century: An Afrofuturist History (20 February 2025)

    Peace in the Twenty-Second Century: An Afrofuturist History (20 February 2025)

    PEACE IN THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY: An Afrofuturist History Professor Walter D. Greason, Ph.D. Welcome and thank you to the amazing people who could join us here tonight. This day started in early September 1978. My parents, David Harlan and Wilma Ham Greason, made everything possible. This presentation is dedicated to their memory. History is a…

  • George Zimmerman: The Emperor Joker (15 November 2024)

    George Zimmerman: The Emperor Joker (15 November 2024)

    PART I: Sage Series 5524.1 When George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, President Barack Obama lamented the tragedy and Black activists began to organize an international movement called “Black Lives Matter.” In response, opponents of this movement created slogans like “All lives matter” and “Blue lives matter” to emphasize that the killing of Black…

  • Historians at the Movies (October 2020)

    Dr. Walter D. Greason Social media has changed the ways scholars approach the creation and distribution of knowledge in profound ways.  Facebook pages for new monographs reach thousands of readers within a few days. Instagram posts generate questions about content and methods across disciplinary boundaries. LinkedIn searches help new institutions find promising candidates faster than…

  • Asset Value in Mexico, 1800-2000

    Asset Value in Mexico, 1800-2000

    Unlike both the United States and Canada, Mexico (New Spain) represents the negative impacts of economic development over the last two centuries. While the macroeconomic patterns of absolute wealth growth are apparent, the concentration of this wealth in a single location (Mexico City) as well as the massive loss of natural resource capital (starting with…

  • Asset Value in Canada, 1800-2000

    While most of the advanced national economies around the world use the United States as a benchmark for commercial development, this commitment carries ideological baggage and methodological limitations that must be addressed. Asset value analysis reveals the social and geographic costs of macroeconomic theory, especially in the case of the United States. The contradictions of…

  • Asset Value in the United States, 1800-2000

    United States, 1800-2000 As demonstrated in “The American Economy” (2016), asset value analysis provides the tools to quantify the scope and scale of economic development in historical context. The initial world asset map revealed the concentrations of natural resources, physical infrastructure, and human capital around the world in 2012. The data sets demonstrating the evolution…