This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Los Angeles Times
7/12/2020
Historians Yve Chavez, Philip Ethington and William Deverell comment on the conflicted legacy of the historic mission structure.
Source: History.com
7/14/2020
Historian Eric S. Yellin discusses the impact of Wilson's decision to impose segregation on federal employment, a major blow to black aspirations.
Source: Marketplace
7/14/2020
Professor Tanisha Ford discusses the ways that the clothing choices of civil rights activists in the past and today reflect change and continuity in protest movements.
Source: The Intercept
7/15/2020
Historian and Robeson biographer Gerald Horne discusses the singer and activist's legacy and politics.
Source: The Atlantic
7/16/2020
by J. Robert Oppenheimer
The former head of the Manhattan Project wrote about how to advance peace in the nuclear age, just four years after he directed the construction of the world’s first atomic bomb.
Source: British Academy
7/16/2020
Listen to a brief talk on the scandal that engulfed the British Academy when one of its members was revealed to be a Soviet spy.
Source: Ideastream
7/16/2020
Foner has dedicated much his career to correcting this mistaken notion Reconstruction was a failure through his work as an academic as well as by authoring numerous books. A professor emeritus of history at Columbia University, Foner is this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Lifetime Achievement winner.
Source: New York Times
7/15/2020
“They took some effort” to protect the public, Science Historian Alex Wellerstein said. “Would we consider it adequate today? No, not at all. It’s not considered adequate to set off a nuclear bomb, not tell anyone about it and set up a pregnant scientist in a motel with a Geiger counter to monitor radiation.”
Source: CBS News
7/12/2020
As debate over the takedown of Confederate monuments continues, historian Julian Hayter examines why and when the statues went up in the first place.
Source: Slate
7/13/2020
Historian Robert Muchembled’s new history is full of disgusting, delicious details about early modern France.
Source: The New York Times
7/14/2020
Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement — and they need your help.
Source: Vox
7/12/2020
Religious historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez explains why Trump wasn’t a trade-off for American evangelicals.
Source: WBUR
7/13/2020
Read an excerpt from historian Rutger Bregman's "Human Kind: A Hopeful History" before his interview on NPR's "On Point" on July 13th.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
7/11/2020
‘Monuments do a very poor job in talking about history,’ says history professor Hillary Green.
Source: WTOP
7/7/2020
Over 200 teachers in the DC area are learning about White House history this week, through a five-day online program presented by the White House Historical Association.
Source: Boston Globe
7/5/2020
“He was great public servant," said former Governor Michael S. Dukakis.
Source: 303 Magazine
7/9/2020
Miller's upcoming book "Black Smoke" is set to be released in Spring 2021.
Source: Market Watch
7/8/2020
Non-academic historians step in to preserve stories that would otherwise be lost.
Source: Yale News
7/8/2020
“He was a true friend, a generous colleague, and an internationally recognized scholar who thought and wrote with passion and verve."
Source: Vox
7/6/2020
How does Black Lives Matter connect to previous civil rights efforts? What makes it unique? In this interview, historian Keisha N. Blain answers that and more.
