Thinking about Shirley Chisholm during the Current Presidential Primaries
“I ran because someone had to do it first. In this country everybody is supposed…
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If Trump and Sanders Are Both Populists, What Does Populist Mean?
[Crossposted from The American Historian Online.] Charles Postel is an associate professor of history at San…
Understanding Sacrifice
When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the orders for D-Day, the course of world history…
United Academics: A New Faculty Union at the University of Oregon
Michael Dreiling is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Oregon and is…
Beyond Redemption: A Review of “Allegiance: A New Musical Inspired by a True Story”
When Allegiance began its official run at the Longacre Theatre on November 8, it became…
Previewing November’s issue of The American Historian
The November 2015 issue of The American Historian features three compelling essays on “History and…
Reel History: Smithsonian/NEH History Film Forum Explores History on the Screen
Earlier this year, on my way to the theater to see Ava DuVernay’s film Selma,…
Stonewall and the Politics of Memory
Timothy Stewart-Winter is an assistant professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark and the author of…
From Roots to The Book of Negroes: Black Slavery and the General Viewing Audience
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is an associate professor of Black Studies and History at the University…
On the Canonization of Junípero Serra
Born and raised in California, Steven W. Hackel is a professor of history at the…