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Two Teenagers are Behind the Most Popular History Twitter Feed

…                                As possibly the most popular history-focused twitter feed, @HistoryInPics  may have the key to engaging a mass online … they've captured over 986 thousand followers. A public history endeavor ourselves, we’re curious how this kind of …
Book Cover of In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950 By: Professor Conklin

OSU Historian Interviewed on NPR's Counterpoint

… Ohio State history professor, Dr. Alice Conklin, recenltly connected history to today in an interview for NPR affiliate WKNO . … as well as this neglected chapter in the international history of the human sciences. Click on the link here to … Connecting History
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11/20/2014: Best in History Online: BackStory

… 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 historyinto public conversation.   This month, we are … Connecting History … 11/20/2014: Best in History Online: BackStory …
The original Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, known popularly as the Treaty of Tripoli, written in Arabic, signed 4 November 1796.

Obama Disregards History in Favor of Diplomacy

… In the process he whitewashed America’s early, troubled history with the Islamic world. In his speech at Cairo … violence and intolerance, he rewrote early American-Islamic history to create a mythic past of friendship and tolerance. … mark a return to a more peaceful, tolerant past.   It’s bad history, but if the president can convince the Islamic world …
sign that states - can't vote

Why Some Votes Have Counted Less Than Others

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… This lesson plan studies the history of African-American disenfranchisement in the United … and social implications of disenfranchisement in U.S. history. Students will complete a 3-2-1 Handout focusing on … vote and how disenfranchisement has evolved throughout our history. To end class, students will individually answer: …
A sign from a DC Women's March that reads, "70% anti-abortion leaders are men; 100% of them will never be pregnant."

Abortion, History, and the Beginning of Life

… about abortion for millennia. There is a great deal of history behind Roe v. Wade that tends to be ignored in the … abandoning deeply held beliefs. If more people studied the history of the problem, the battles over abortion might be … the very least, it should be possible to use the facts of history to fashion arguments and legislation, instead of …
Women at the Women's March in DC with signs: "Can't Believe We STILL Have to Protest", "Keep your Hands and Laws Off my Body", "RAPE CULTURE" with a line through it

The Long History of #MeToo

… now? And how does contemporary activism fit into the longer history of awareness? On this episode of History Talk , hosts Jessica Viñas-Nelson and Brenna Miller … Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a panel of … have protested them in the past. To discuss this longer history  we've invited three experts to discuss the history
a woman at a witch trial. she is wearing white and has her arms up in air with lightening bolts coming out of them. A judge, lawyer and an audience of people look on.

What was Wrong with the Judges at the Salem Witch Trials?

… While most of the books written about the Salem witch trials concern those who … by Matt Goldish, Samuel M. and Esther Melton Chair in History at The Ohio State University. The moderator is … Director of the Harvey Goldberg Center and Professor of History at Ohio State University.   …
Barry Goldwater in 1964.

The History of the “Right Wing Conspiracy”

… from his troubles. The idea of such a conspiracy has a long history. Conservatism in the United States has always … such an act. Will they take it? If they do not, Democrats, history shows, will surely use it against them. Dr. Kevin Smant teaches history at Indiana University South Bend and is a writer for …
Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2006.

Far Right’s Electoral Success in France has Deep History

… in an obvious effort to close this ugly chapter in French history, a chapter in which Jews were deported to … electoral shift. Cheryl A. Koos, an assistant professor of history at California State University, Los Angeles, is … right in the twentieth century, and is a writer for the History News Service. …
National Memorial for Peace and Justice exhibit, Montgomery AL

Confederates and Lynching in American Public Memory

… what’s at stake in the battle over them? On this episode of History Talk , hosts Jessica Viñas-Nelson and Brenna Miller … monuments and memory in America and how we reconcile the history behind them. ( Image Source ) … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a panel of …
The Works Progress Administration employed some Spanish-Americans from New Mexico, as seen here, to work in road gangs.

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

Review of When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America , by Ira Katznelson (W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2005), preface, appendix, index, 238 pp.
… Review of When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America , … When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America …
The New York Times Article, "The 'Boys' in the Bunkhouse" Cover Photo

3/11/14: History through People, "The 'Boys' in the Bunkhouse"

… in the heartland " details the beauty and importance of history as told through individual stories.  Read about a … Iowa. Their stories - told through first-time oral history interviews, court records, and other internal … Connecting History … 3/11/14: History through People, "The 'Boys' in the Bunkhouse" …
Ippolito Caffi's Eclisse di sole alle Fondamenta, Nove 1842, a solar eclipse and people standing on a shore looking up at it

Solar Eclipses in American History

Cultures through history have heralded eclipses as portentous, ominous events.
… in wonder as the total solar eclipse. Cultures through history have heralded eclipses as portentous, ominous … The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800 – … Cultures through history have heralded eclipses as portentous, ominous events. …
Ukrainian refugees sheltering beneath a bridge in Kyiv, March 5, 2022.

“The Tragedy Has Never Left Us.” On the War in Ukraine

… mind, does the invasion of Ukraine by Russia fit within the history of 20th- and 21st-century warfare? Is it, as some … for Literature, just a few months after the annexation of Crimea :   I will take the liberty of saying that we have … and Fall of the Cult of World War  II ( New York, Basic Books, 1994). …
Mushroom cloud over the Bikini Atoll

Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War

… how we address these questions today? On this episode of History Talk , hosts Brenna Miller and Jessica Viñas-Nelson … Gelpi , Dakota Rudesill , and Matt Ambrose to discuss the history of nuclear armament and control. For more on this … Law Vol. 54, 2018 Matt Ambrose - The Control Agenda: A History of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks , Cornell …
Demonstrators in steadily falling snow outside of the Wisconsin Capitol building.

Wisconsin: A History of Leading the Nation for Better or Worse

… Wisconsin is adding another crucial chapter to its history of leadership.  That history shows just how good, or just how horrid, that … leadership can be. Nancy C. Unger is associate professor of history at Santa Clara University and author of "Fighting … History News Service …
John Quincy Adams.

WikiLeaks Reveals a Professionalism of Recent Vintage in the History of American Diplomacy

… exist in the United States. For the first century of U.S. history, the consular service was a haven for corruption, in … of politics: honesty. Stephen Chambers received a Ph.D. in History from Brown University. He is currently a Senior … History News Service … WikiLeaks Reveals a Professionalism of Recent Vintage in the History of American Diplomacy …
Soldiers in Kosovo

Kosovo: The Lessons of History?

… visions of helping the Vietnamese people? “Learn your history,” insisted a serious young man. “Milosevic is not … Preparatory School, Albuquerque, N.M., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Kosovo: The Lessons of History? …
President Bill Clinton in 1999.

History of Sixth-Year Elections Bodes Well for Democrats

… for the longer run. Robert S. McElvaine, a writer for History News Service, is a professor of history at Millsaps College and the author of "The Great … History News Service … History of Sixth-Year Elections Bodes Well for Democrats …