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Roscoe Lewis sets up to record an interview of formerly enslaved people in Petersburg, Va., as part of the Federal Writers’ Project. (Hampton University Archives)

How Researchers Preserved the Oral Histories of Formerly Enslaved Virginians

In the 1930s, the Federal Writers’ Project interviewed 300 formerly enslaved Virginians to share their oral histories.

by David A. Taylor via Washington Post Magazine on July 19, 2022

Zora Neale Hurston in a bookstore with a copy of 'American Stuff'

How Did Artists Survive the First Great Depression?

What is the role of artists in a crisis?

by David A. Taylor via Literary Hub on June 29, 2020

Italian Americans looking up, one with a hand over heart, another saluting, in front of a building decorated with American flag bunting.

During World War II, the U.S. Saw Italian-Americans as a Threat to Homeland Security

The executive order that forced Japanese-Americans from their homes also put immigrants from Italy under surveillance.

by David A. Taylor via Smithsonian on February 2, 2017

A donut.

The History of the Doughnut

A look back at the men, women and machines that made America’s favorite treat possible.

by David A. Taylor via Smithsonian on March 2, 1998

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