Notable and quotable

“It’s a huge honor for me, but more importantly I hope it really validates the idea that this is a part of American history that we have ignored and neglected.”

Douglas A. Blackmon

After winning a Pulitzer Prize for his book “Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.”

“We will not allow the Holocaust deniers to carry out another Holocaust against the Jewish people. This is the supreme duty of the state of Israel. This is my supreme duty as prime minister of Israel.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Speaking at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial and study center.