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Lynchburg Virginia Confederate Monument

Confederate Monuments: Why Take ‘Em Down? What Do We Put Up in Their Place?

What role do Confederate memorials play in American memory, and how does the National Memorial to Peace and Justice seek to correct that memory? Should we preserve or purge Confederate monuments from public spaces?
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US History since 1877
US History to 1877
African American History
… Black Lives in American History … US History since 1877 … US History to 1877 … African American History
Flag of Crimea

3/3/14: A Volatile Crimea

… unrest. Protests in Ukraine's autonomous republic of Crimea, however, show this conflict is not so close to … diverse and its state is weak. The recent dissent between Crimea's pro and anti-Russian populace is compounded by … to make of Russian actions. Read more on the interesting history of these relationships and intricacies of this …
people holding sign that says 14th amendment no state shall deny to any person... equal protection of the law

Evaluating the Causes and Legacy of the 14th Amendment

How can you protect individuals from unjust actions from their state governments? How did the 14th Amendment try to solve this problem? Was it successful?
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African American History
US History since 1877
US History to 1877
… Black Lives in American History … African American History … US History since 1877 … US History to 1877 …
The opium ships at Lintin, China, 1824 - painting by William John Huggins

The Second Opium War: A Secret History

How are have the Opium Wars become secret history?
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10
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World History since 1500
… How are have the Opium Wars become secret history? … World History since 1500 … The Second Opium War: A Secret History

Madame President: A History of the Women Who Ran before Hillary

… female presidential candidates later, this uneven and long history raises a basic question: Why has it taken so long … led by a woman at some point between 1963 and 2014? And, if history is a guide, might 2016 be the year that the United … read in front of all the delegates, savoring her place in history. As the “first female Cold Warrior,” Smith continued …
Courtesans such as Lilly Langtry (in this 1885 photograph) are claimed to have started utilizing underwear as tool of seduction.

Where’s that Sexy History Under There?

Review of Exposed: A History of Lingerie, by Colleen Hill (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Yale University Press, 2014)
… out of thin air as Colleen Hill explains in her fashion history Exposed: A History of Lingerie. Tracing the evolution of what some … that is, ironically, relatively uncovered. By tracing the history of lingerie - mostly through means of fashion … Review of Exposed: A History of Lingerie , by Colleen Hill (Cambridge, …
1864 depiction of the Fort Pillow Massacre in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Ten Moments of White Supremacist Violence in U.S. History

… by condemning violence “on both sides,” he repeated a long history of blaming others for acts of terror perpetrated by … To put Charlottesville in context, let’s review the history of white supremacist violence in the United States. … the police nor the two white youths faced consequences. The history of framing white supremacist violence as justifiable …
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3/26/2015: Best in History Online: The American Historical Association

… to time, we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into public conversation. For this month's BHO (Best in History Online), we turn our attention to the American …
The BBC World Service podcast Witness brings listeners daily podcast shorts on key events in history, described first-hand by the individuals who lived through them.

Best in History Online: BBC's Witness Podcast

… to time, we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into public conversation. This month, our Best in History Online highlights a podcast that delivers “the story …
Cover of A Short History of Celebrity by Fred Inglis.

A Short History of Celebrity

Review of A Short History of Celebrity, by Fred Inglis (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010)
… some perspective in a book that carries the title A Short History of Celebrity .  Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of … University of Sheffield, is the author of more than twenty books on a broad range of topics—sport, the holiday, media … his "most pointed moral"—is simply that celebrity has a history.  Inglis is thoroughly appalled by many of modern …
Glass negative of Woodrow Wilson from the Library of Congress.

Television Biography: History Lite

… scholars. Unfortunately, the final product often gave us History Lite — history reduced to the personal. "Biographies," said Mark … the clothes and buttons almost unrecognizable. Reducing history to personality distorts events and their … History News Service …
Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Ten Protests in Sports History

… draft. The most famous politicized athlete in American history is certainly Muhammad Ali, who risked jail time and … black poverty and wearing beads symbolic of the nation’s history of lynching. As with Ali, their protest was accorded … the last major de jure segregated event in the nation’s history. 8. The 1980 Olympics Logo of the 1980 Olympics in …
Protesters during day 14 of Occupy Wall Street

"Class Warfare" in American History

… In this Origins podcast of Writers Talk History , host Patrick Potyondy interviews historian Sarah … Dangler. Today in conjunction with the OSU Department of History and its magazine Origins , OSU student, Patrick … in Origins . Patrick Potyondy   This is Writers Talk History a partnership between Origins , an online magazine …
Integrated classroom in 1955.

The Long-Term Legacies of Brown v. Board

… decision. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … History News Service … Legal history … Black Lives in American History

A History of Stolen Citizenship

… when they are ineligible with felony voter fraud, and more. History shows us that unjust obstacles to voting have … Black Lives in American History … A History of Stolen Citizenship …
A glass negative of Warren G. Harding.

Sex Scandals and U.S. History

… Santayana made one of the world’s best known comments about history when he said that those who learn nothing from the … proposition: those who choose to be learn nothing where history is concerned often defeat their own purposes. In the … recent events the best known sex scandal in presidential history, leading the Republicans to chant, “Ma, Ma, where’s …