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A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… “Arab Spring.” Yet perhaps more important is the long history of popular protest within Sudan, which have twice in … any attempt to predict its future. Join us in this month’s History Talk podcast, as your hosts Lauren Henry and Eric … this pivotal moment for Sudan with two experts on Sudanese history and politics: Ahmad Sikainga and Kim Searcy . To …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… the 1970s and 1980s. Like the rest of civil rights history, this story is not one of ultimate victory but of … ongoing struggle. The Police Power Over the course of U.S. history, our governments have found it difficult  to … consequences that should be well known to students of U.S. history: debt peonage, disfranchisement, segregation, and …

What We Talk About When We Talk About Confederate Monuments

… discussions the fact that slavery was the cause of the war. History Written by the Vanquished Confederate monument … was the culmination of a deliberate campaign to write the history of the Civil War from the Southern point of view. … … Sarah E. Gardner … Features … Black Lives in American History … Racism & Racial Ideas … Terrorism … …
Three Afghan police trainees, sitting on ground with guns

Afghanistan: Past and Prospects

… in 2001— remains a force to be reckoned with. On today's History Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and  Leticia Wiggins … ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and this … ( Image Source ) … Patrick Potyondy   Hello and welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in Historical …
“Aux amateurs de physique.” Likewise portraying the Tuileries flight, this cartoon mocks the unwashed masses who wished to see the spectacle without a ticket, but the scaling of the garden walls also illustrates how the balloon as a “people-machine” ignited the determination of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime.

Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political Culture

Review of The Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe, by Mi Gyung Kim (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
… modern European nations, particularly France, through the history of early ballooning. Kim argues that the spectacle … scholarship regarding the cultural and intellectual history of the Enlightenment but does not explicitly tie it … … Europe … France … Science & Technology … Intellectual History … Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political …
Tommie Smith and John Carlos at 1963 Olympics raising fists in protest - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

The Black Fists Protest

Are Black Athlete protests effective at accomplishing social change?
Grade Level
9
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… at accomplishing social change? … Luke Zelich … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Black Fists Protest …
Black Americans protesting - Photo by Hirz/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Black Communism

How did the American Communist Party collaborate with Black Activists to fight for economic and social justice during the 1930’s?
Grade Level
7
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… during the 1930’s? … Brianne Makoski … African American History … US History since 1877 … Black Communism …
L to R - Boxer Joe Louis and Fidel Castro - Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Black Activism, Cuba, and Anti-Racism

Why did the Cuban government sympathize with African Americans in the mid-late 1900s?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… African Americans in the mid-late 1900s? … Kyle Michl … US History since 1877 … African American History … Black Activism, Cuba, and Anti-Racism …
Vietnamese Children

Voices of the Vietnam War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… … Vietnam … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Education … World History since 1500 … US History since 1877 … War & Peace … Voices of the Vietnam War …
Black Americans protesting the Gilligan case - Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images

The Gilligan Case: Police Brutality and Civil Rights in Harlem 1964

How do we see the circumstances of the Gilligan case reflected in society today?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… Gilligan case reflected in society today? … Tatum Wise … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Gilligan Case: Police Brutality and Civil …
Mothers and children marching for school desegregation - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

Continued Segregation In Our Education System

How did Brown v. Board of Education impact school segregation among African Americans and across American society?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… across American society? … Maggie Zaretz … African American History … US History since 1877 … Continued Segregation In Our Education …
melting Wedgemount Glacier

World Population

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
Science & Technology
… … Climate Change … Science & Technology … Education … World History to 1500 … World History since 1500 … Science & Technology … World Population …
Sylvester receiving the RIAA Gold record for Step II, with Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes - Photo by Michael Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

“Love is the Message”: Affirmation and Erasure of Black Queerness in Music

How was disco a vital part of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s?
Grade Level
12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s? … Julia Tosino … US History since 1877 … African American History … “Love is the Message”: Affirmation and Erasure of …
The Great Wall of China

Walls and Barriers to the World

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
… Asia … Europe … Germany … China … Education … World History to 1500 … World History since 1500 … Walls and Barriers to the World …
a Black doctor talking with a Black woman and a female Black child

The Evolution of Medicine in the Black Community

How have African Americans faced and overcome medical oppression?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… Ryan Rosenbeck … Public Health, Disease, and Medicine … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Evolution of Medicine in the Black Community …
"Terracotta Warriors" in China

Ancient China and the Peasant Emperor

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
… … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Education … Ancient History … World History to 1500 … Ancient China and the Peasant Emperor …
man running near a burning building - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

Don't Call it a Riot

What is the motivation for African American Uprisings?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
Police attack protesters on Bloody Sunday in Alabama

The Federal Government and Policing the Police

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… Plickers Government Simulation Game Lesson Materials: … US History since 1877 … African American History … American Government … The Federal Government and …
Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson 1968

Racism: Past and Present

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… (Microsoft Powerpoint) … US History since 1877 … African American History … Racism: Past and Present …
Black men and women in yard outside building - Photo by Archive Photos/Stringer/Getty Images

Black Americans and Education

How did African Americans protest the laws that prevented their formal education at mainstream white institutions and intended toto keep prove their inferiority in the time period before the 1950s?
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
African American History
… in the time period before the 1950s? … Emma Baker … US History to 1877 … African American History … Black Americans and Education …
A rendering of the Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, which was fought on April 12, 1864 in Tennessee.  It ended with a massacre by Confederate soldiers of at least one hundred surrendered black troops serving the Union, exemplifying one of the Civil War's transgressions of the norms of warfare.

The American Civil War, Then and Now

Review of The War that Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, by James McPherson (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015)
… and engaging volume. Those readers unfamiliar with the history of the conflict can expect to learn much of the war's military, diplomatic, political, and social history, even as McPherson's sharp prose and narrative style … … U.S. Civil War/Reconstruction … Black Lives in American History … Military/War/Peace … Slavery … The American Civil …
Confederate monument - Photo by Fox Photos/Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Changing the Narrative

How have monuments and memorials minimized the Black experience in America?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
African American History
… the Black experience in America? … Payton Siebenaler … US History to 1877 … African American History … Changing the Narrative …