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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The man we celebrate today is not the man who lost his life on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in 1968.
… in 1968. … Hasan Kwame Jeffries … Black Lives in American History … United States … Racism & Racial Ideas … Terrorism …
Rosetta Tharpe holding a guitar, Lucky Milliner and Moe Gayle in 1941

The Mother of Rock and Roll

Rosetta Tharpe crossed many boundaries: of genre (playing both gospel and secular music), of gender (playing in a “male” style on a “male” instrument), and even of sexuality.
… even of sexuality. … Delano Lopez … Black Lives in American History … LGBTQ+ … Music … Women & Gender … United States … …
Marines from 1st Battalion 7th Marines enter a palace during the Battle of Baghdad.

Iraq War a Major Departure in American Foreign Affairs

… This experiment, with little or no precedent in American history, has provoked a steadily rising public outcry. Many … to the dominant diplomatic and military tradition of our history, a tradition which they claim is one of … the Revolutionary War. Even a brief survey of American history reveals a nation that has been most often …
Large group of suffragists on steps

One Hundred Years of Women and the Vote

… the ongoing gender disparity in elected officials; and how history informs the 2020 election. Panelists included: Susan Hartmann, professor emerita, Department of History; Treva Lindsey, associate professor, Department of … we tend to think of suffragists, like, if any of your textbooks had this in high school, there was a suffragist, like, …
Cover of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm by Harold James.

Blood and Steel

Review of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm, by Harold James (Princeton University Press, 2012)
… armaments and the Nazi regime. Harold James' book, Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm , offers a new look at … the relationship between the Krupp business and Germany's history runs deeper, a product of the personalities involved … famed corporate culture, that of the Kruppianer. Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm is a book that will …
Slobodan Milosevic, just after signing the Dayton Agreement

Lessons from the Holocaust Are Relevant to the Crisis in Kosovo

… attacks on Yugoslavia are attempting to draw lessons from history to support their points of view. While many examples from history are relevant to the present crisis, none is as … the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for …
Family members of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble attending his Medal of Honor ceremony.

Honoring Native American Veterans This Veterans Day

… because this is not the usual story line of American Indian history portrayed in movies or taught in public schools. For … Month typically involves a few lessons in early Indian history, arts and crafts, and the national tragedies of the … This is important material, but after the lessons one of history’s most influential indigenous populations is placed …
Grover Cleveland, painted by Anders Zorn in 1899

The Politics of Civility

… Carter should stop preaching and learn more American history. The last successful effort to insulate politicians … the campaign of 1884 — perhaps the most abusive in our history – a period more familiar to today’s voters began to … the greatest levels of political participation in American history. They might, too, recollect that the emergence of …
General Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem on December 11, 1917. Allenby dismounted as a sign of respect for the holy city.

The Collapse of Ottoman Power

Review of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan (New York: Basic Books, 2015)
… “restore the Ottoman front to its rightful place in the history of both the Great War and the modern Middle East” … at the Iraqi city of Kut was unprecedented in British history. The hopes that allied strategists once entertained … War in the Middle East , by Eugene Rogan (New York: Basic Books, 2015) … Mason Watson … Reviews … Europe … Middle East …
President Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Coming: Something New in Presidents

… nation is almost certainly about to make some presidential history. Each of the current front runners for the major … million inhabitants with more than two centuries of federal history, all our presidents have been white males between … Grover Cleveland gets that designation in some trivia books, but when he was mayor of Buffalo, the city’s …
Portrait of Jane Addams

Million Moms March in Noble Company

… gun control legislation, we ought to remember the powerful history of mothers' activism on issues related to violence … against children has been part and parcel of American history. We need only to recall the horrors of slavery, the … into the twentieth century. Many social critics in American history have seen poverty, too, as a kind of violence …
Unification council of Orthodox Church in Ukraine, 2018.

The Religious Roots of the War in Ukraine

… of Kyiv was baptized by the Greeks at Chersonesus in Crimea before returning to his capital to baptize his people … the Euromaidan revolution , the Russian seizure of Crimea , and the start of war in the Donbas region in … to the modern world. … Heather J. Coleman … Connecting History … Ukraine … Religion … Russia … Christianity … …
Flag of Israel with landscape of Israel in the background

Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II

… Israel Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the Ohio State University, This podcast is brought to you by the Clio Society of the Ohio State History Department, in partnership with the Bexley Public … and Israel after World War II, brought to you by the History Department, the Clio Society and the College of Arts …
Holding a copy of ”Selected Works of Mao Zedong," Red Guards are featured on the cover of a Guangxi elementary school textbook, 1971.

"Mao's Last Revolution": China's Cultural Transformation

… 1981, known as the “Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party,” the Cultural Revolution lasted from … and adult authority, they wandered and read forbidden books. And of course, our focus on young people who would … class not just in terms of property but also through history, standpoint, and behavior. Some critics of the …
Chartwell, the country estate of Winston Churchill

By Invitation Only

Review of The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939, by Adrian Tinniswood New York: Basic Books, 2016
… and expressive periods of country house living in England’s history. Country houses have always been a lifestyle for the … misgiving, The Long Weekend brings needed nuance to this history. The beauty and splendor of the country estate … House, 1918-1939 , by Adrian Tinniswood New York: Basic Books, 2016 … Clint Rodgers … Reviews … Europe … United …
New York stock market index from 1926 to 1939

Can the Global Crisis of the Nineties Lead to Another Great Depression?

… conditions in the Thirties and the Nineties, and does history offer “lessons” from a comparison? Some of the … but, fortunately, the present is not the same as the past. History cannot simply “repeat itself.” One important … the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for …
People holding signs: "More Mental Health Care + Less Jail Time" and "Support Mental Health - It's the Right Thing to Do"

Mental Health and American Society

… the tide of mass violence. However, Americans have a long history of pointing to mental illness as a panacea for solving social problems and an equally lengthy history of criticizing the treatment of those considered mentally ill. On this episode of History Talk, hosts Jessica Viñas-Nelson and Brenna Miller …
Custis Lee (1832–1913) on horseback in front of the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia on June 3, 1907, reviewing Confederate Reunion Parade.

Trent Lott and the Collapse of Southern Mythology

… With 2002 drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. … Such ghostly visitations are hardly new in a region whose history is suffused with guilt, pride and the divisive issue … the morally indefensible. Caught on the wrong side of history, politicians such as Lott have invoked the white …
Isaac W. Williams (front) in a file photo from the 1960s.

Still Fighting the Civil War in South Carolina

… civil process.  The nation must attend to the pain of its history and the pain that the denial of that history continues to inflict.  For after the band stops … J. Kytle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at California State University, Fresno. He is …
A teacher and her students in an elementary school classroom.

When a Good Public Education Becomes a Constitutional Right

… Union of Southern California, argued that current textbooks, clean and safe classrooms, and qualified teachers … years, Williams v. California has a surprising political history as well. Gray Davis, who was governor in 2000, … professor, is author of "The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism" (2010). … Joyce Appleby … History
 Reagan in 1982.

Measuring Reagan for Greatness

… president, raises the question of how he’ll be judged by history. The current proximity of his life and his … Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in American history. FDR, TR, Wilson and Truman were also dynamic … come to pass, but it’s still safe to say that when the history of the 20th century is written, the 40th president …