On Statues, History, and Historians
As a cultural geographer, I often teach history to help students understand how the everyday…
Author Rich Heyman
What’s in the February issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The February 2018…
Annual Meeting Roundup Preview of “Reinterpreting the American State: Digital History’s Intervention”
For skeptics, digital history has been long on flash and short on substance. “Yes, but…
Veterans Services at National Archives and Records Administration
We’ve often said that the core mission of the National Archives and Records Administration is…
Annual Meeting Roundup Preview of “State of the Field: Abolition and Emancipation”
When it comes to abolition and emancipation, professional historians and the general public alike have…
Needles and Hoops Sports Programs in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the Socialist Party, and their Communist Rivals
Today, the fight for social justice in sports tends to concern elite competition because adults…
The N.Y.P.D.’s “superb weapon” Sports and Ideology in New York City’s Police Athletic League from the 1930s-World War II
New York City’s Mayor, Bill de Blasio, began his second term in office last month,…
Reconstruction-Era Politics Shaped Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Last month, Governor John Bel Edwards proposed a potential $1 billion cut to Louisiana’s higher…
Trump, Democracy, and the Constitution
At the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, Elbridge Gerry, a delegate from Massachusetts, warned against too…
A History of Latino and Mexican Boxing
For at least a generation, boxing’s cultural impact has declined in the United States. Seemingly…