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Atlanta's Famed Cyclorama Mural Will Tell the Truth About the Civil War Once Again

One of the war's greatest battles was fought again and again on a spectacular canvas nearly 400 feet long.
Malcolm X.

The Missing Malcolm X

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy.
Demonstrators supporting abortion rights.

Public Memory and Reproductive Justice in the Trump Era

Who in the reproductive rights debate can claim Susan B. Anthony?
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Who Gets to Tell the Story?

Christine Blasey Ford, the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, and battles over America's history.

We Really Still Need Howard Zinn

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on why it's so important to tell the stories of people who have fueled social justice movements.
Zinn's book, "A People's History of the United States."

Howard Zinn’s Anti-Textbook

Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s just as limited as the textbooks it replaces.

Canon Fodder

Where's the country music on Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 1980s?

Aquarius Rising

Considering the religious roots of the 1960s anti-militarist counterculture.

Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review

A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.

When Slavery Is Erased From Plantations

Some historical sites have struggled to reconcile founding-era exceptionalism with the true story of America’s original sin.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Memorialist

Remembering victims of one of the worst workplace disasters in American history.

United Daughters of the Confederacy & White Supremacy

In an open letter, an encyclopedia editor stands behind the use of the term "white supremacy" to describe the UDC's work.
James Longstreet's daughter visits his statue at Gettysburg.
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The Missing Statues That Expose the Truth About Confederate Monuments

Why Confederacy supporters erased the legacy of one its most accomplished soldiers.
Rudyard Kipling

Reconsidering Rudyard Kipling

Was the author and poet best known for 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim' truly a racist imperialist?
Black and white girls in a classroom.

The Secret Network of Black Teachers Behind the Fight for Desegregation

African American educators became the ‘hidden provocateurs’ who spearheaded the push for racial justice in education.

Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty

A review of Stephen Brumwell's most recent book.
Chinese premier Zhou Enlai and Indonesian president Sukarno aboard a cruise on the Nile River, Cairo, July 1965.

The Truth About the Killing Fields

A trio of books depict the true narrative of the massacres within Indonesia in 1965.
Marsha Johnson

Deconstructing the Stonewall Myth (Brick by Brick)

Why it's important to know that Marsha P. Johnson did not start the riots at Stonewall.

Where Does the War on History End?

Those who seek to hide the achievements of our greatest men and women are making a monumental mistake.

Jefferson’s Monticello Finally Gives Sally Hemings Her Place in Presidential History

New exhibits put slavery at the center of Monticello's story, and make it clear that Jefferson was the father of Hemings' children.

Robert F. Kennedy Is Remembered as a Liberal Icon. Here's the Truth About His Politics

For many American liberals, RFK became a symbol of not just a better past, but also a better future that might have been.

The Bobby Kennedy Myth

Many on the left have learned the wrong lessons from his ill-fated presidential bid.

The Persistence of Whitewashing

How can Americans have such different memories of slavery?
Cover of "First Martyr of Liberty," featuring a painting of Crispus Attucks facing a British soldier with a bayonet.

Crispus Attucks, American Revolutionary Hero

With so little documentary evidence about his life, he is a virtual blank slate upon which different people at different times have inscribed a variety of meanings.

There Is Power in a Union

A new study overturns economic orthodoxy and shows that unions reduce inequality.
Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass Is No Libertarian

It’s the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth, and some on the right have been crashing the party.

The Silent Type

David Blight reviews Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
Inside the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery, AL.
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How the New Monument to Lynching Unravels a Historical Lie

Lies about history long protected lynching.

The Internet Women Made

Claire L. Evans’s new book is a bittersweet reminder that the internet used to be freer and more fun.
Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Roy Wilkins, and Lyndon Johnson.

Misremembering 1968

Fifty years later, the legacies of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy still loom large.

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