Using Poor Laws to Regulate Race in Providence in the 1820s
In 1825, members of the town council of Providence, Rhode Island, made a public—and unusual—complaint.…
Browsing: Historians
Process 2017: The Year in Review
Time Flies. Robert Couse-Baker. Creative Commons License. As 2017 draws to a close, we at…
Gray Areas Building Names and Social Justice in the Pacific Northwest
Oregon State University (OSU) seems far down the list of U.S. colleges and universities that…
The Work of Freedom
The late Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote a 2007 essay in the New York Times in…
A Neighborhood Lost Sacramento’s Japantown
The Organization of American Historians’ 2018 Annual Meeting will be held in Sacramento, California. You…
What’s in the November issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The November 2017…
Old Sacramento The Town that Gold Built
The Organization of American Historians’ 2018 annual meeting will be held in Sacramento, California. You…
Finding Emily A Story of Historical Recovery
Researching local history can be one of the most vexing and rewarding experiences in a…
Teaching in the Wake of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Candlelight Vigil, Washington, D.C., August 13, 2017. Photo: Ted Eytan. Creative Commons license. …
Sacramento Underground
At first glance Sacramento appears to be just another mid-sized city with new restaurants, a…