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In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
In 1936, New York Cityâs Triborough Bridge (now officially the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) linking Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx was opened to traffic.
In 1955, the U.S. Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
In 1960, the novel âTo Kill a Mockingbirdâ by Harper Lee was first published by J.B. Lippincott and Co.
In 1966, the game show âThe Newlywed Game,â hosted by Bob Eubanks, premiered on ABC-TV.
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Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., called this week for U.S. Air Force Academy professor Lynne Chandler Garcia to be fired after she publicly advocated for military academies to teach critical race theory to incoming cadets.
In a letter to acting Air Force Secretary John Roth, Green, a West Point graduate, argued Garcia’s stance on critical race theory in a recent Washington Post op-ed render[ed] her unqualified to teach in one of our prestigious military academies. Garcia is an associate professor of political science at the Air Force Academy.
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9 Jul 2021
Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) is calling on the U.S. Air Force Academy to take swift action after one of its instructor’s penned an op-ed admitting that she teaches critical race theory in her classroom.
The professor in question, Lynne Chandler García, wrote an op-ed for the
Washington Post titled “I’m a professor at a U.S. military academy. Here’s why I teach critical race theory.”
In a statement released Thursday, Green said, “García’s comments on Critical Race Theory are utterly unacceptable and incompatible with the mission of our United States Military Service Academies.” He added: