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A 1939 photo of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo (D) of Mississippi. (Harris & Ewing Collection/Library of Congress)

The Roots of the ‘Great Replacement Theory’ Believed to Fuel Buffalo Suspect

The white supremacist conspiracy theory that has inspired horrific violence in the past five years dates back to Mississippi Sen. Theodore Bilbo.

by Aaron Wiener, Martha M. Hamilton via Retropolis on May 15, 2022

At the filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, in October 1940. Photo by Russell Lee, FSA/Library of Congress.

Cowboy Progressives

You likely think of the American West as deeply conservative and rural. Yet history shows this politics is very new indeed.

by Daniel J. Herman via Aeon on April 8, 2022

Isaac Woodard, an African American army veteran, with his mother after being blinded by a South Carolina police chief in 1946.

After Victory in World War II, Black Veterans Continued the Fight for Freedom at Home

These men, who had sacrificed so much for the country, faced racist attacks in 1946 as they laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement to come.

by Bryan Greene via Smithsonian on August 30, 2021

Flag waving supporters celebrate D.C. Statehood Week

The Battle Against D.C. Statehood is Rooted in Anti-Black Racism

Understanding this history helps make the case for D.C. as the 51st state.

by Kyla Sommers via Made By History on March 22, 2021

Why Students Are Ignorant About The Civil Rights Movement

Mississippi’s outdated textbooks teach an abbreviated version of civil rights, undermining the state’s new ‘innovative’ standards.

by Sierra Mannie via The Hechinger Report on October 1, 2017

Pete Seeger.

American Dreamers

Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.

by William Hogeland via Boston Review on May 1, 2008

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