“If students fail to see their own histories as important, they do not believe that they can have an impact on their environments.”
Mooney-Melvin, Patricia. “”Professional Historians and the Challenge of Redefinition”.” InĀ “Public History: Essays from the Field”, James B. Gardner and Peter S. LaPaglia, 17. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006.
I love this quote.