Press
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Print Press Coverage
2012
Clarion-Ledger, Ole Miss in 1962: The perspective from Yale, October 13, 2012
2011
Clarion-Ledger, Historian Hopes 'Help' Fuels Race Discussion, September 28, 2011
The New York Times, When Cotton Was King, March 26, 2011
TheDMOnline/Daily Mississippian, Journalism, History and the Pursuit of Truth, March 24, 2011
Hartford Courant, Politics Of Your Shopping Cart Discovered at Connecticut's Old State House, March 2, 2011
WDAM, Miss. author speaks about cotton economy at forum, March 1, 2011
Yale Daily News, Relics of a racist era, by Gene Dattel, February 24, 2011
2010
Bloomberg, Hanged From Tree, Set Afire as New York Mob Murdered Blacks: Lewis Lapham, December 11, 2010
The Wall Street Journal, How Do We Evaluate and Improve School Performance?, December 3, 2010
The Commercial Appeal, Otis L. Sanford: No denying slavery as root cause of war, April 18, 2010
The International Economy, Cotton, the Oil of the Nineteenth Century, March 2010
The Cornell Sun, Gene Dattel Links Cotton Farming and the Slave Trade, March 16, 2010
Memphis Flyer, Quakes'R'Us, March 4, 2010
The Berkshire Eagle, Great Barrington Celebrated DuBois' Birthday, February 28, 2010
Berkshire Eagle Online, Double shot of DuBois, February 22, 2010
iBerkshires.com, Festivities Planned for DuBois' Birthday, February 11, 2010
The Bookloft, Gene Dattel Reading & Signing "Cotton and Race in the Making of America" at the Clinton A.M.E., Zion Church!, February 10, 2010
HattiesburgAmerican.com, History of slavery can't be ignored, January 18, 2010
InkBlots.com, Longtime MS editor appears on BookTV, January 17, 2010
Facing History and Ourselves, Gene Dattle Brown Bag Lunch Series , January 17, 2010
The Litchfield County Times Monthly, The Truth About Cotton, January 2010
2009
The New York Times, "Book Outlines Intertwined History of Cotton, Race", November 25, 2009
The Huffington Post, "Book Review: Gene Dattel's "Cotton And Race", November 25, 2009
CBS News, "Book Outlines Intertwined History Of Cotton, Race", November 25, 2009
JournalNews, "Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race", November 25, 2009
News 113, "'Cotton and Race' explores history of crop that prolonged US slavery, abetted oppression", November 25, 2009
The Rocky Mount Telegram, "Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race", November 25, 2009
BuzzHollywood, "Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race", November 25, 2009
KBS Radio, "'Cotton and Race' explores history of crop that prolonged US slavery, abetted oppression", November 25, 2009
Idaho State Journal, "Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race", November 25, 2009
Yahoo News Photos, "Cotton and Race in the Making of America", November 24, 2009
Future of Capitalism, "Cotton and Race in the Making of America The Human Costs of Economic Power", November 11, 2009
Delta Democrat Times, "B.B. King Museum to host panel discussion on Dattel’s new book", November 10, 2009
Delta Democrat Times, "Cotton, slavery and then some", November 7, 2009
Yahoo News Photos, Gene Dattel, November 4, 2009
Yahoo News Photos, James Meredith, November 4, 2009
Delta Democrat Times, "King Cotton has not so royal past", November 4, 2009
The Lakeville Journal, "Questioning the Roots of Racism", October 22, 2009