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"Bill Katz is one of my favorite writers of history. In books such as
The Black West, Black Indians: A Hidden History, Black Women of the Old West — and three dozen others — he digs up stories that have not been told, introduces us to people and events that have been shamefully ignored, and does it all in clear, clean prose. His books and lectures are driven by a powerful social conscience, and he passes that on."
— Howard Zinn "If you believe people have no history worth mentioning, it's easy to believe they have no humanity worth defending."
— William Loren Katz
June 5, 2010.
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The official site of William Loren Katz
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Site Highlights
 "Those Damn Immigrants Again"
Immigrants have been a favorite American scapegoat for racists who wish to reach beyond their time-honored target—people of color. Waves of anti-immigration sentiment flooded the country in the 1840s [largely against Irish Catholics], in the l880s [largely against Chinese] and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries [largely against eastern and southern European Catholics and Jews]. In the 1920s anti-immigrant fever had Congress passing two draconian laws that closed the gates to "undesirables." Today bigotry rides high again... {Read this essay}
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Tribute: Of Zinn and Other Heroes
In less than a year the battle for truth has lost three of its most innovative and stalwart voices, historians John Hope Franklin, Ivan Van Sertima and now Howard Zinn. Each challenged aspects of the cheerfully bigoted narrative that has passed for history in schools, colleges, texts and the media. Each created works that made history by awakening millions of fellow citizens to a new host of heroic men and women whose daring contributions had been shamefully ignored... Read this essay | Read more essays
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Katz Media: Interview on The Leonard Lopate Show
Katz discusses Black Indians (MP3)
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Oberlin Heritage Center wins award for Katz's lectures
The Oberlin Heritage Center has received the History Outreach Excellence Award from the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums (OAHSM) for William L. Katz's lectures on Black Indians. According to Pat Murphy, executive director of the Center, the award will be formally presented at a special luncheon at OAHSM's statewide conference on October 4, 2008. Katz, who gave the award-winning presentations earlier this spring, was also praised for the lectures by the President of the Ohio Senate.
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Prints: African Print Collection
For more than forty years as he wrote 40 highly praised books on African American history, William Loren Katz was also able to collect 250 fascinating antique engravings of African life from the 17th to the 19th centuries. His complete "African Print Collection" is now offered for sale. |
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