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Jonathan Big next to cover of "King: A Life."

Restoring the Real, Radical Martin Luther King Jr. in “King: A Life”

A new biography of King emerges at a "critical juncture" for his legacy.
by Jonathan Eig, Steve Nathans-Kelly via Chicago Review of Books on May 23, 2023
Hari Kondabolu and Hank Azaria.
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What’s Missing in the Discussion About Race Sparked by Apu in ‘The Simpsons’

The history of Sephardic Jews challenges our ideas about race in America.
by Devin E. Naar via Made By History on May 18, 2023
A photograph of Dennis Lehane next to the cover of his book, Small Mercies.

The Other South

Coming to terms with Boston’s racist legacy in “Small Mercies."
by Steve Nathans-Kelly, Dennis Lehane via Chicago Review of Books on May 11, 2023
A man walking an alligator on a leash.

Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm

These images of the LA Alligator Farm depict a level of casual proximity unthinkable today.
by Erica X. Eisen via The Public Domain Review on May 11, 2023
Formal portrait photograph of a young Jackie Bouvier.

The Making of Jackie Kennedy

As a student in Paris and a photographer at the Washington Times-Herald, the future First Lady worked behind the lens to bring her own ideas into focus.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker on May 1, 2023
Drawing of Phillis Wheatley writing at a desk.

The Great American Poet Who Was Named After a Slave Ship

A new biography of Phillis Wheatley places her in her era and shows the ways she used poetry to criticize the existence of slavery.
by Tiya Miles via The Atlantic on April 22, 2023
Fisk University Class of 1888.

*The South*: The Past, Historicity, and Black American History (Part II)

Exploring recent debates about the uses–and utility–of Black history in both the academic and public spheres.
by Adolph Reed Jr. via U.S. Intellectual History Blog on April 10, 2023
Life Magazine Cover, August 25th 1967, featuring a U.S. Marine and an Injured Child in Vietnam.

Life Goes to Vietnam

Debunking claims that news media fueled public disillusionment and cost the US victory.
by Gregory A. Daddis via Process: A Blog for American History on March 29, 2023
Armed police officers searching Black men during the riot in Columbia, Tennessee.

Front-Page News

How the NAACP made the police riot in Columbia, Tennessee national news.
by Tom Hundley via Oxford American on March 28, 2023
A man pressing a button on an early IBM computer.

How an IBM Computer Learned to Sing

The IBM 7094 anticipated the future of music—and also sounded like the Auto-Tuned pop stars of today.
by Ted Gioia via The Honest Broker on March 26, 2023
Four characters from "Dazed and Confused."

The “Dazed and Confused” Generation

People my age are described as baby boomers, but our experiences call for a different label altogether.
by Bruce Handy via The New Yorker on March 2, 2023
Five globes shaped like human faces, connected by threads.

It’s Time to Rethink the Idea of the “Indigenous”

Many groups who identify as Indigenous don’t claim to be first peoples; many who came first don’t claim to be Indigenous. Can the idea escape its colonial past?
by Manvir Singh via The New Yorker on February 20, 2023
Cast members of the television show "Sesame Street" circa 1969, pose on the set with some of the puppet characters. From left: Will Lee, Matt Robinson, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long, along with Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, Ernie, Bert and Oscar the Grouch. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mississippi Banned ‘Sesame Street’ for Showing Black and White Kids Playing

In 1970, an all-white state commission thought Mississippi was "not yet ready" to see a racially integration depicted on television. The backlash was swift.
by Kristin Hunt via Retropolis on February 5, 2023
Statue of the "Spirit of Wyoming," a bucking horse with its rider, outside of the Capitol Building in Cheyenne.
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The Fight for Accurate Western History is about Inclusion Today

Distortions in Western history have long obscured the region’s Black communities.
by Anthony W. Wood via Made By History on February 2, 2023
A.I. image of Benjamin Franklin, Audrey Hepburn and Al Capone if they were alive today.

Photographer Uses AI to Imagine What Historical Icons Would Look Like Today

Some of the stars depicted in Yesiltas’ portraits are instantly recognizable as modern-day sirens, while others are less obvious at first glance.
by Pesala Bandara via PetaPixel on November 14, 2022
Lobby card for film titled "Ritzy" starring Betty Bronson, featuring Betty on the left in a gold dress, and a central image of a man holding Betty's hand as they look at each other

See the Stunning Lobby Cards Keeping Silent Movies Alive

Thanks to a collector, thousands of lobby cards from the silent film era will soon be digitized.
by Ella Feldman via Smithsonian on October 19, 2022
Image of theater proscenium with '1776' on the stage.ng

The '1776' Project

The Broadway revival of the musical means less to reanimate the nation’s founding than to talk back to it.
by Jane Kamensky via The Atlantic on October 13, 2022
Noble Johnson (left rear), Jimmie Smith, and Beulah Hall in “The Trooper of Troop K”

Looking (and Looking Again) at Black Film History

Uncovering the earliest surviving fragment of Black-produced cinema.
by Cary O'Dell via Library of Congress Blog on October 4, 2022
Actor Eugenio Derbez at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Spanish 'Dracula' Finds New Blood, More Than 90 Years After Its Release

In 1931, an entire new cast and crew reshot Dracula in Spanish on the Universal Studios lot.
by Mandalit del Barco via NPR on September 19, 2022
Drawing of a theater performer looking off to the side.

How Love Conquered a Convent: Catholicism and Gender Disorder on the 1830s Stage

'Pet of the Petticoats' extends the reach of Anglo-Atlantic anti-Catholicism to the stage, illustrating the ways its tropes and anxieties moved across genres.
by Sara Lampert via Commonplace on September 7, 2022
Panel of medieval-era paintings depicting humans and animals.

When Did Racism Begin?

The history of race has animated a highly contentious, sometimes fractious debate among scholars.
by Vanita Seth via The Chronicle of Higher Education on August 19, 2022
Hellen Keller portrait

The Atlantic Writers Project: Hellen Keller

A contemporary Atlantic writer reflects on one of the voices from the magazine's archives who helped shape the publication—and the nation.
by Ellen Cushing via The Atlantic on July 11, 2022
Illustration with a 1950 Raleigh bicycle

Cycles of History: On Jody Rosen’s “Two Wheels Good”

A review of how author Jody Rosen depicts the history of the bicycle, mixing the personal with the factual.
by Jonathan Liebson via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 26, 2022
Hitchhikers sitting on a road, thumbs extended.

That Ol’ Thumb: Hitchhiking

A review of "Driving With Strangers: What Hitchhiking Tells Us About Humanity."
by Mike Jay via London Review of Books on June 23, 2022
Still from The Wire (HBO): two detectives, McNulty and Bunk.

20 Years Later, "The Wire" Is Still a Cutting Critique of American Capitalism

The Wire — both stylish and smart, follows unforgettable characters woven into a striking portrait of the depredations of capitalism in one US city.
by Helena Sheehan, Sheamus Sweeney via Jacobin on June 14, 2022
When Tom Cruise starred in Top Gun in 1986, it wasn’t just a box office bonanza — it was a boon to the US military. Paramount Pictures

Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Love Story

For the Pentagon, films like "Top Gun: Maverick" are more than just a movie.
by Alissa Wilkinson via Vox on May 27, 2022
A pair of color stereogram photographs featuring people sitting in front of a desert stone structure.

New Look, Same Great Look

The history of humans being confounded by color photography.
by Kim Beil via Lapham’s Quarterly on May 16, 2022
Sheet music cover for "My Old Kentucky Home."

Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

A haunting exploration of “My Old Kentucky Home” reveals how a minstrel song rooted in slavery became a nostalgic American icon embedded in consumer culture.
by Emily Bingham via Literary Hub on May 16, 2022
A horse trotting photogravure

The Murderer Who Made Movies Possible

When horses gallop, do all four hooves ever leave the ground at once? This episode of The Disappearing Spoon recounts the saga that led to the answer.
via The Disappearing Spoon on May 10, 2022
Illustration of Thomas Stevens on his bike

The 19th-Century Hipster Who Pioneered Modern Sportswriting

More than a century before GoPro, Thomas Stevens’ around-the-world bike ride vaulted first-person “sports porn” into the mainstream.
by Robert Isenberg via Longreads on April 26, 2022
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