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The Irish-American Social Club Whose Exploits Sparked a New Understanding of Citizenship

In 1867, the Fenian Brotherhood was caught running guns to Ireland, precipitating a diplomatic crisis.
by Lucy E. Salyer via Zócalo Public Square on March 21, 2019

Ulysses Grant’s Forgotten Fight for Native American Rights

The President and his Seneca friend Ely Parker wanted Indians to gain citizenship, but their efforts are mostly lost to history.
by Mary Stockwell via Zócalo Public Square on January 7, 2019

Frederick Douglass Forum

An online forum on the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass.
by David W. Blight, Leigh Fought, Manisha Sinha, Chris Shell, Noelle Trent, Neil Roberts, Christopher Bonner via Black Perspectives on November 30, 2018
Freed slaves Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, and Rosa, New Orleans, 1864.

The Origins of Birthright Citizenship

The Fourteenth Amendment captures the idea that no people born in the United States should be forced to live in the shadows.
by Robert L. Tsai via Boston Review on November 9, 2018
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“All Persons Born or Naturalized in the United States...”

A collection of resources exploring the evolving meanings of American citizenship and how they have been applied -- or denied -- to different groups of Americans.
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Syrian in Sioux Falls

In the 1920s, Syrian-Americans were compelled to prove their worth in a society where nativism was on the rise and citizenship often meant being considered white.
by Chris Gratien via Ottoman History Podcast on November 5, 2018

The Real Origins of Birthright Citizenship

Its purpose 150 years ago was to incorporate former slaves into the nation.
by Martha S. Jones via The Atlantic on October 31, 2018

Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?

Not directly. But it's more complicated than you think.
by Imani Perry via Colorlines on October 30, 2018

How History Class Divides Us

What if America's inability to agree on its shared history—and how to teach it—is a cause of our polarization and political dysfunction, rather than a symptom?
by Stephen Sawchuk via Education Week on October 23, 2018

Fighting to Vote

Voting rights are often associated with the Civil Rights Movement, but this fight extends throughout American history.
by Michael Tomasky via New York Review of Books on October 22, 2018

“Young Appearance”: Assessing Age through Appearance in Early America

In early America, one's looks, rather than date of birth, often determined one's age.
by Holly N. S. White via The Junto on September 18, 2018
U.S. Patent Office

The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave

What happens when the Patent Office doesn't recognize the inventor as a person at all?
by Matt Novak via Paleofuture on August 28, 2018
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Fight for American Democracy

With democracy in peril, Du Bois reminds us of the long fight to protect it.
by Chad Williams via Made By History on August 27, 2018
"Judge in chambers swearing in a new citizen" (1910).

Second-Class Citizens?

A history of denaturalization in the US.
by Kritika Agarwal via Perspectives on History on July 23, 2018

Citizenship Shouldn't Be a Birthright

Guaranteeing citizen status simply for being born here is a deliberate misreading of the Fourteenth Amendment.
by Michael Anton via Washington Post on July 18, 2018

"Though Declared to be American Citizens"

The Colored Convention Movement, black citizenship, and the Fourteenth Amendment.
by Andrew K. Diemer via Muster on July 11, 2018

Citizens to Come: Building Beyond the 14th Amendment

Commemoration of the 14th Amendment must not display the abundance of freedom, but the hunger for it on both sides of the border.
by Sonya Posmentier via Public Books on July 10, 2018

The Struggle Over the Meaning of the 14th Amendment Continues

The fight over the 150-year old language in the Constitution is a battle for the very heart of the American republic.
by Garrett Epps via The Atlantic on July 10, 2018

Citizens: 150 Years of the 14th Amendment

In 1868, black activists had already been promoting birthright as the basis of their national belonging for nearly half a century.
by Martha S. Jones via Public Books on July 9, 2018

The Urgency of a Third Reconstruction

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment marked a turning point in U.S. history. Yet 150 years later, its promises remain unfulfilled.
by Robert Greene II via Dissent on July 9, 2018
Manuscript of the Fourteenth Amendment.

We Should Embrace the Ambiguity of the 14th Amendment

A hundred and fifty years after its ratification, some of its promises remain unfulfilled—but one day it may still be interpreted anew.
by Eric Foner via The Nation on July 9, 2018

They Fought and Died for America. Then America Turned Its Back.

260,000 Filipinos served in World War II, when the country was a US territory. Most veterans have never seen benefits.
by Hertz Alegrio via Narratively on July 3, 2018
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Trump Said Protesting NFL Players ‘Shouldn’t Be In This Country’

We should take him seriously. Black Americans have been threatened with deportation before and it never ends well.
by Martha S. Jones via Made By History on May 25, 2018
Stamped passport.

The New Passport-Poor

Travel documentation was created to restrict – and it may become even more entrapping in the future.
by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian via New York Review of Books on May 21, 2018

The Right to Have Rights

Hannah Arendt’s conception of human rights has much to say to our contemporary moment.
by Stephanie Degooyer, Alastair Hunt via Public Books on May 3, 2018

"The American People": Current and Historical Meanings

The Founders feared democracy and didn't think too highly of "the people".
by Louis René Beres via OUPblog on April 15, 2018

Dred Scott Strains the Mystic Chords

Dred Scott was an opportunity to settle what the South had previously been unable to achieve either legislatively or judicially.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on March 5, 2018

Immigrants Welcome*

Trump’s Muslim ban was not just an abberation: US citizenship has long been predicated on whiteness as it was understood in 1790.
by Maytha Alhassan via Boston Review on February 6, 2018

How Do We Explain This National Tragedy? This Trump?

On 400 years of tribalism, genocide, expulsion, and imprisonment.
by T. J. Stiles via Literary Hub on January 31, 2018
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Trump’s View of America as a White Nation Is as American as Apple Pie

But it’s seriously dated. And there's another tradition he could draw on.
by Benjamin E. Park via HNN on January 15, 2018

Sanctuary Syllabus

Inspired by Trump's election and his anti-immigrant policies, a group of scholars compiled this collection on the idea of "sanctuary."
by Paula Chakravartty, Yoav Halperin, Monica Kim, Rachel Kuo, Molly Nolan, Sonya Posmentier, Sarah Sklaw, Shivani Srivastav via Public Books on December 5, 2017
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