Kanye West 
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SOURCE: UCONN Magazine
Accessed 1/29/19
No Kanye, That's Not How it Happened
History professor Manisha Sinha’s history lessons tell the truth about slavery in the United States.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
10-13-18
Kanye West, Donald Trump, and the Truth About Chicago
by Jelani Cobb
Blaming violence in Chicago on the Democratic Party or welfare is nonsensical.
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SOURCE: Time
9-30-18
Kanye West calls for the abolition of the 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5-7-18
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Kanye West wants freedom—white freedom.
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SOURCE: NYT
5-3-18
The Historian Behind Slavery Apologists Like Kanye West
His name: Ulrich B. Phillips, Columbia University history professor at the turn off the 20th century.
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SOURCE: Vox
5-4-18
Kanye West’s Harriet Tubman tweets show how little we know about her history
by Kate Clifford Larson
I’m a Harriet Tubman historian. There’s a lot that West got wrong.
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SOURCE: Time Magazine
5-1-18
What Experts Say About the Real History in Kanye West's Tweets on Republicans, Democrats and Race
The history’s more complicated than he realizes.
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SOURCE: The Root
11-5-13
Kanye West’s Ego Can’t Change History
by Elon James White
Wearing a symbol of hate and calling it artistic integrity proves that the rapper is more ignorant than many already thought he was.
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