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How Christians of Color in Colonial Virginia Became 'Black'

Although the British settlers imported Africans from the first as slaves, the earliest Virginians had yet to establish many basic rules regarding slavery.
by Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela Gross via Religion News Service on December 13, 2019

When Santa Claus Was Deplored in Wartime

The modern image of Santa Claus first appeared in a Civil War illustration, and it wasn’t the last time St. Nick was deployed in wartime.
by Christopher Klein via HISTORY on December 4, 2019

The Art of Dignity: Making Beauty Amid the Ugliness of WWII Japanese American Camps

A history of Japanese Internment in America through the art produced from it.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 3, 2019

Vietnam Draft Lotteries Were a Scientific Experiment

The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects.
by Tim Johnson, Dalton Conley, Christopher T. Dawes via The Atlantic on December 2, 2019

My Friend Mister Rogers

I first met him 21 years ago, and now our relationship is the subject of a new movie. He’s never been more revered—or more misunderstood.
by Tom Junod via The Atlantic on November 12, 2019

The Immigration Crisis Archive

How did today's bipartisan understanding of immigration—as an intolerable threat that justifies any means to stop it—take hold?
by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández via Public Books on October 25, 2019
Lithograph of the Fox Sisters.
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The Fox Sisters

The story of Kate and Margaret Fox, the small-town girls who triggered the 19th century movement known as Spiritualism.
via BackStory on October 25, 2019
African-American cowboys in Bonham, Texas, circa 1913

The Real Texas

What is Texas? Should we even think about so large and diverse a place as having an essence that can be distilled?
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on October 24, 2019

Slavery in the President's Neighborhood

Many people think of the White House as a symbol of democracy, but it also embodies America’s complicated past.
by Lina Mann, Callie Hopkins, Matthew Costello, Louis Keene via White House Historical Association on October 22, 2019
Peale family portrait.

Domestic Tranquility: Privacy and the Household in Revolutionary America

British occupation brought challenges to the very foundation of the American home.
by Lauren Duval via Uncommon Sense on October 22, 2019
Illustration of WWI soldiers hiking thorugh a field; the painting uses light pastel colors and surrounds the soldiers with mist

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather’s World War I Novel

From Hemingway to Mencken, no one thought a woman could write about combat.
by Rebecca Onion via Literary Hub on October 21, 2019
Drawing of a lightbulb illuminating an inventor's laboratory.

The Real Nature of Thomas Edison’s Genius

The inventor did not look for problems in need of solutions; he looked for solutions in need of modification.
by Casey N. Cep via The New Yorker on October 21, 2019

Jimmy Hoffa and 'The Irishman': A True Crime Story?

Martin Scorsese's new film is premised on a confession that is not credible.
by Jack Goldsmith via New York Review of Books on September 26, 2019
Samuel Francis

The Outsider

Who was behind the "Trumpist manifesto" released twenty years before Trump became president?
by Matthew Rose via First Things on September 16, 2019

The Hidden Story of Two African American Women

An historian discovers the portraits of two women all bound up in the pages of a 19th-century book.
by Martha S. Jones, Kate Clarke Lemay via The Conversation on September 9, 2019

In 1870, Henrietta Wood Sued for Reparations—and Won

The $2,500 verdict, the largest ever of its kind, offers evidence of the generational impact such awards can have.
by W. Caleb McDaniel via Smithsonian on September 2, 2019
Chinese railroad camp.

Remembering the Forgotten Chinese Railroad Workers

Archaeologists help modern descendants of Chinese railroad workers in Utah commemorate their ancestors' labor and lives.
by Veronica Peterson via Sapiens on August 22, 2019
Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling, American Imperialist

What the author of "If—" learned about empire from the United States
by Maya Jasanoff via The New Republic on August 22, 2019
Nina Simone

The Remarkable Story of the Drive to Preserve Nina Simone's Childhood Home

Simone's birthplace in Tryon, North Carolina, was declared a National Treasure. Now, local events celebrate her and raise money for preservation efforts.
by Sarah Edwards via INDY Week on August 14, 2019

Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood

A historian looks back at the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in her home state.
by Drew Gilpin Faust via The Atlantic on July 18, 2019

A Gay First Lady? Yes, We’ve Already Had One, and Here Are Her Love Letters.

Rose Cleveland declared her passion for the woman she had a relationship with spanning three decades in letter after letter.
by Gillian Brockell via Retropolis on June 20, 2019
Collage of old political cartoons related to the question of women's suffrage.

Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote

A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via Massachusetts Historical Society on April 26, 2019

The Keeper of the Secret

After decades of silence, one man pursues accountability, apologies and the meaning of racial reconciliation.
by Stephanie McCrummen via Washington Post on March 30, 2019

How a Small-Town Navy Vet Created Rock’s Most Iconic Surrealist Posters

The story of one of rock's most prolific poster artists.
by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on March 28, 2019
Harvard University in the colonial era.

Getting Into Harvard Was Once All About Social Rank (Not Grades)

In the 17th and 18th centuries, students at America’s elite universities were treated differently based on the social stature of their parents.
by Erin Blakemore via HISTORY on March 12, 2019
Malcolm X

The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s Autobiography

Its title, 'The Negro', seemed innocuous enough. But Malcolm X intended it to invoke a much harsher meaning.
by Zaheer Ali, Missy Sullivan via HISTORY on March 5, 2019
A woman speaks at a union rally.
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America Once Led the Push For Parental Rights. Now It Lags Behind.

It’s time to adopt paid parental leave as a right.
by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Mona L. Siegel via Made By History on February 8, 2019
Places of origin for early Eastern Mediterranean immigrants. The dot size reflects the relative number of immigrants.

“Like A Wolf Who Fell Upon Sheep”: Early Lebanese Immigrants and Religion in America

For some Lebanese immigrants, religion was a comfort, providing a sense of home in an new world. For others, it was a constant reminder of what was left behind.
by Akram Khater, Marjorie Stevens via Khayrallah Center For Lebanese Diaspora Studies on February 6, 2019
American Indian woman and children.

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

“Our cultures are not dead and our civilizations have not been destroyed. Our present tense is evolving as rapidly and creatively as everyone else’s.”
by David Treuer via Longreads on January 22, 2019
Portrait of Emily Dickinson next to a portrait of Susan Gilbert

Emily Dickinson’s Electric Love Letters to Susan Gilbert

“Come with me this morning to the church within our hearts, where the bells are always ringing, and the preacher whose name is Love — shall intercede for us!”
by Maria Popova via Brainpickings on December 10, 2018
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