Given Italian history, US descendants of Italian immigrants have reason to reject their association with Columbus and stand in solidarity with Indigenous groups as they reclaim their histories.
Christopher Columbus’ son’s universal library is newly rediscovered in this lost tome
Kenneth Davis, the author of “Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History But Never Learned,” discusses the true legacy of Columbus.
For many Americans, Christopher Columbus is a hero. But in recent years, educators, politicians and scholars have argued that students should be made aware of the uglier truths that followed his arrival in the Americas.