Is it Time to Move on from the 1960s?
Bernard von Bothmer teaches history at the University of San Francisco and Dominican University of California.…
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Puerto Rico’s Many Crises: A Neocolonial Tale
The U.S. non-incorporated territory known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado or…
What’s in the August Issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The August 2016…
Remembering Julian Bond
Julian Bond made history for the first time as a young activist in the 1960s…
Learning from the Legal Culture of Gradual Emancipation, or, Misled by the Thirteenth Amendment
For some historians, the recurrent debates about the relationship of our “Framers” to slavery and…
Back to the Future: Can Trump Win with Law and Order Like Nixon in 1968?
Michael W. Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is author of…
Public Historians: Trained for Pokémon Go?
Park guides at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois, are fond of…
The Historical Stage Is Set for a Woman to Be Elected President
As the Democratic Party becomes the first major U.S. political party to nominate a woman…
Suffragette
The movie Suffragette is the first feature film dramatically depicting the monumental struggle for women’s…
There’s Nothing New about the “New Slavery”
About 45.8 million people in 167 countries live in some form of modern slavery according…