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tennessean.com > story > opinion > contributors > 02/17/2026 > fisk-university-160-years-black-history-month-james-lawson-nashville-tn > 88633556007

A look back at 160 years of Black history at Fisk University | Opinion

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (507+ words) It has been 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson designated the second week of February as Negro History Week. When that observance expanded into Black History Month fifty years later, it was never meant to be decorative. It was a call…...

The Tennessean
tennessean.com > story > opinion > columnists > 02/19/2025 > dei-backlash-book-bans-black-history-month-tennessee > 79091352007

Book bans and DEI backlash aren't about unity. They're erasing Black history. | Opinion

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (750+ words) In a recent guest column for the Tennessean, Tennessee educator Joseph Murray lambasted DEI, arguing that the acronym stands for "division, excuses and identity" instead of "diversity, equity and inclusion." Of particular concern, he wrote, is the impact of DEI…...