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Tasting Indian Creek
I lived on Indian Creek with my grandparents after my mother suffered a nervous breakdown.
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Crystal Wilkinson
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Oxford American
on
January 23, 2024
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The Pandemic has Exacerbated the Transformation of Grandparenthood
While our perceptions of grandparents have remained static, we've asked them to do a lot more.
by
Sarah Stoller
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Made by History
on
October 18, 2021
Not White But Not (Entirely) Black
On the complex history of “passing” in America.
by
Herb Harris
via
Literary Hub
on
May 3, 2023
The Photo Album That Succeeded Where Pancho Villa Failed
The revolutionary may have tried to find my grandfather by raiding a New Mexico village—but a friend’s camera truly captured our family patriarch.
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Stacey Ravel Abarbanel
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Zócalo Public Square
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February 2, 2022
America’s Political Roots Are in Eutaw, Alabama
When I think about the 1870 riot, I remember how the country rejected the opportunity it had.
by
Adam Harris
via
The Atlantic
on
February 26, 2021
Souvenirs From Manzanar
The daughter and granddaughter of a former internee return to the notorious WWI-era detention site for Japanese-Americans.
by
Miyako Pleines
via
HyperText
on
December 20, 2020
Jared Kushner’s Grandparents Relied on Aid and Shelter as Refugees, Documents Show
Kushner was a top official in a Trump administration that sharply restricted immigration and refugee admissions. His grandparents were Holocaust refugees.
by
Andrew Silverstein
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Retropolis
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July 22, 2024
The Untold History of Japanese American Bird Pins
They were one of the most ubiquitous crafts to come out of Japanese incarceration camps. But few knew their back story — until now.
by
Susan Shain
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High Country News
on
April 5, 2024
Edgar Allan Poe Had a Promising Military Career. Then He Blew it Up.
Netflix’s “The Pale Blue Eye” portrays Edgar Allan Poe as a young West Point cadet. Here’s the true story of his brief, failed military career.
by
Dave Kindy
via
Retropolis
on
January 19, 2023
On Upward Mobility
Research shows the neighborhood you grow up in has profound impact on your future economic success. How did my family's journey across the country impact me?
by
Aaron Williams
via
The Pudding
on
November 22, 2022
The Weight of Family History
It’s never been easier to piece together a family tree. But what if it brings uncomfortable facts to light?
by
Colin Dickey
via
The New Republic
on
March 21, 2022
Left Behind
J.D. Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" and Steven Stoll's "Ramp Hollow" both remind us that the history of poor and migratory people in Appalachia is a difficult story to tell.
by
Nancy Isenberg
via
New York Review of Books
on
June 28, 2018
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Brave New World
In the 1930s, 16 African-American families from the South rejected the American experiment and looked to Communist Uzbekistan for a chance to build a new world.
via
BackStory
on
November 11, 2016
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