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Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means

The roots musician is inspired by the evolving legacy of the black string band.
by John Jeremiah Sullivan via The New Yorker on May 13, 2019

Why Is History Always About Humans?

As historians turn their attention to animals, they are shedding new light on what it means to be human.
by Amy Crawford via Boston Globe on July 13, 2018
Laura Bush and Michelle Obama.
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Why Laura Bush Speaking Up on Separating Families Matters So Much

The language that has long been critical to covertly mobilizing activism.
by Jim Downs via Made By History on June 20, 2018
Desk calendar illustrated by its owner.

A Disgruntled Federal Employee's 1980s Desk Calendar

A nameless Cold Warrior grew frustrated in his Defense Department job, and poured out his feelings in an unusual way.
by Ted Widmer via The Paris Review on June 13, 2018
Svetlana Stalin being photographed

My Secret Summer With Stalin’s Daughter

In 1967, I was in the middle of one of the world’s buzziest stories.
by Grace Kennan Warnecke via Politico Magazine on April 29, 2018

The Drill

Dezmond Floyd, age 10, has an open discussion with his mother Tanai about what happens during his school’s active shooter drills.
by Dezmond Floyd, Tanai Benard via Story Corps on March 23, 2018
Victorian couple courting with a church steeple in the background

Victorian Era

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Tona Hangen via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018

Touching Sentiment: The Tactility of Nineteenth-Century Valentines

Sentimental or “fancy” valentines, as they were called, were harbingers of hope, fondness, and desire.
by Christina Michelon via Commonplace on December 1, 2016
The logout screen for "The Cave," the author's 1990s-era bulletin board system.

The Lost Civilization of Dial-Up Bulletin Board Systems

A former systems operator logs back in to the original computer-based social network.
by Benj Edwards via The Atlantic on November 4, 2016
A frog and a toad together on a tandem bicycle

“Frog and Toad”: An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love

A series of illustrated children’s books endures as a classic. Was it also the author’s attempt to come out?
by Colin Stokes via The New Yorker on May 31, 2016
A Black man in a hoodie.

The Hoodie and the Hijab

Arabness, Blackness, and the figure of terror.
by Leah Mirakhor via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 6, 2015
Lyndon Johnson looking unimpressed with what Martin Luther King Jr. is saying.

Feeling Versus Fact: Reconciling Ava DuVernay’s Retelling of Selma

“There has never been an honest movie about the civil rights movement,” says civil rights leader Julian Bond.
by Daniel Judt via The Politic on March 28, 2015
The Pirates’ Ruse, early 19th century engraving, depicting people standing on deck in view of another ship pretend everything is normal, while armed pirates hide out of view of a nearby American vessel.

The Poetics of History from Below

All good storytellers tell a big story within a little story, and so do all good historians.
by Marcus Rediker via Perspectives on History on September 1, 2010
Photograph of blues singer Robert Johnson, playing guitar, 1936.

Searching for Robert Johnson

In the seven decades since his mysterious death, bluesman Robert Johnson’s legend has grown.
by Frank DiGiacomo via Vanity Fair on October 1, 2008
Photograph of Jack Kerouac looking into a shop window, by Allen Ginsberg.

Drive, Jack Kerouac Wrote

"On the Road" is a sad and somewhat self-consciously lyrical story about loneliness, insecurity, and failure. It’s also a story about guys who want to be with other guys.
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on September 24, 2007

Mystic Nights

The making of “Blonde on Blonde” in Nashville, Tennessee.
by Sean Wilentz via Oxford American on September 20, 2007
William Jennings Bryan, c. 1910s.

All You Need Is Love

The complex history, career, and legacy of one of America's most popular speakers and reformers.
by Ronald Steel via New York Review of Books on June 22, 2006
A bronze statue of Willie Nelson.

Willie Nelson at 70

"The Essential Willie Nelson" compilation demonstrates the continuity of Nelson's style across a variety of musical genres.
by Gene Santoro via The Nation on October 30, 2003
John McCain in 1974.

John McCain, Prisoner of War

John McCain's harrowing account of nearly six years as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war, in his own words.
by John McCain via U.S. News & World Report on May 14, 1973
Opening frame of documentary segment in question.
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Confronted: A Black Family Moves In

Northern whites reveal their deep-seated prejudice when a black family moves into their neighborhood.
by WGBH via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on December 2, 1963

The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

After Sacco and Vanzetti's final appeal was rejected, Felix Frankfurter, then a professor at Harvard Law School, laid out the many problems with their trials.
by Felix Frankfurter via The Atlantic on March 1, 1927

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