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A Jewish man looking at gravestones that have been spray painted with swastikas

Anti-Semitism in America: Past & Present

How does the history of Anti-Semitism in the United States continue to impact the American Jewish community?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… How does the history of Anti-Semitism in the United States continue to … States … Antisemitism … Jewish People … Education … US History since 1877 … Anti-Semitism in America: Past & Present …
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 …
Riot police officers in Kyiv, December 2013

A Postcard from Kyiv: A Year of Reckoning for Ukraine

… of President Viktor Yanukovych, the surprise annexation of Crimea into Russia, ongoing fighting in the eastern regions … will no doubt become a caesura, a line dividing Ukraine’s history into "before" and "after," dividing society into the … … Postcards … Europe … Ukraine … Revolution … Intellectual History … Postcards … A Postcard from Kyiv: A Year of …
Allen Weinstein

Will They Be the National (Secret) Archives?

… May, historian Allen Weinstein. Weinstein is author of two books on Soviet espionage in the United States and until … Politics in the Ivory Tower (2005), and a writer for the History News Service. He is also a professor of history at the University of California at Irvine. … Jon …

What's in a Name?: The Meaning of 'Muslim Fundamentalist'

… we ought to take some time to examine this language. The History of the Term For starters, there is no universally … more enlightened, and more progressive. We knew that history was somehow on our side. By talking about modernity … laborious and the most promising. Scholars are creating books and articles—a few of which are listed in the attached …
Ajax, The Dutch, The War: the Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour, by Simon Kuper Book cover.

Is It Only A Game?

Review of Ajax, The Dutch, The War: the Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour, by Simon Kuper (New York: Nation Books, 2012)
… will be of great interest to soccer fans and World War II history buffs alike, but also everyone in between interested … However, the extent to which Kuper problematizes Dutch history and culture in World War II through the prism of … Europe's Darkest Hour , by Simon Kuper (New York: Nation Books, 2012) … Sanja Kadrić … Reviews … Europe … Sports … …
W.E.B. Du Bois c. 1911

150 Years Since the Birth of W. E. B. Du Bois

… and for equality more broadly. He published about two dozen books, hundreds of articles, several plays, and exquisite … 1935 book, Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 , a history of black labor during and immediately after the … … Stephanie Shaw … Milestones … Black Lives in American History … Racism & Racial Ideas … United States … Class & …

Where have you gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren’t ‘Alienated’ Anymore

… For those of us who study the intellectual and cultural history of the post-World War II West, it is strange that … sacrifice of world war, to the greatest prosperity in human history in less than a generation. No wonder Americans felt … them. From the good Dr. Wertham's crusade against comic books to the raft of books such as The Shook-Up Generation, …
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Mother of Rock and Roll

… The familiar, yet superficial history of rock and roll begins in the early 1950s with … you with ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll.’” Yet a much deeper history exists and a more complex set of origins. Sister … … Delano Lopez … Milestones … Black Lives in American History … LGBTQ+ … Music … Women & Gender … United States … …
Cover of Trotsky A Biography by Robert Service.

Trotsky: A Biography

Review of Trotsky: A Biography, by Robert Service (Cambridge, MA, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009)
… and humane. Robert Service, professor of Russian History at Oxford University, counters such speculative … … Reviews … Europe … Russia … Soviet Union … Intellectual History … Trotsky: A Biography …
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… On this episode of History Talk , Patrick and Mark sit down with Donald Hempson ,  Lauren Henry , and Chris Otter to discuss the history of the European Union, an organization that has … the European Union, because they simply can't balance the books and so on, so forth. And then when this is compounded …
Marchers for the Equal Rights Amount, holding banner that reads "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"

The Equal Rights Amendment: Then and Now

… to the United States Constitution. Explore the long history of the ERA with hosts Jessica Blissit and Brenna … opponents. ( Image Source ) … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a panel of … why has it faced such strong opposition? In this episode of History Talk, we've invited three historians to discuss the …

Updating ‘No Child Left Behind:’ Change, or More of the Same

… they have done most recently. Understanding that history helps explain why the primary division over … unequal academic expectations that had dominated the history of public schooling began to come under wider … of the parents, for example, or the degree of exposure to books and other cultural materials in the home and …

From Fat Cats to Egg Heads: The Changing American "Elite"

… before they part.” Across the first decades of the nation’s history, citizenship rights—particularly the right to … build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, … organized mob.” Then FDR went on: “Never before in all our history have all these forces been united against one …
The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.

A Woman Scorned?

Review of The Trials of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, and Insanity in the Victorian West, by Carole Haber (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013)
Books with words like “sex,” “murder,” and “insanity” in … of historical significance, Haber has also crafted a history that compels the reader to anticipate the denouement … & Reproductive Rights … Women & Gender … Crime … Legal history … A Woman Scorned? …
Jackie Robinson

Top Ten Origins: The World Series

… Sox scandal was the most infamous moment in baseball’s history – rivalled only by the steroid revelations of the … as “the boys of summer” in Roger Kahn’s eponymous popular history, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally won their first (and … Don Larsen throwing the only perfect game in World Series history. Beyond nostalgia, 1955 was also significant for …
Infamous photograph of German soldiers rounding up Jews for deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943.

Weathering the Storm: Wartime Lives of Ordinary People

Review of An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler, by Peter Fritzsche (New York: Basic Books, 2016)
… what makes An Iron Wind such an important addition to the history of the Second World War. As a work of readable … Iron Wind is a welcome contribution to the field. To study history is to engage fundamentally with human empathy. In … Europe Under Hitler , by Peter Fritzsche (New York: Basic Books, 2016) … Zach Golder … Reviews … Europe … World War II …
Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia By Spencer Tyce Book Cover.

Natural Laws and Predatory Lending for 3000 Years

Review of Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013
… In his latest work Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt Charles R. Geisst explores the history of the development and regulation of charging unfair … thousand years” (p. 332), and believes understanding this history is crucial to understanding our current financial …