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: CNN
Accessed 3/26/19
She warned that after Brexit, England could go back to the way it was in the 15th Century.
Source: Daily Beast
3/23/19
A new book argues Trump is the modern-day equivalent of a gun-toting cowboy riding into town to help inept lawmen and rescue damsels in distress.
Source: UVAToday
3/22/19
“Joe was instrumental in establishing non-Western fields in the department and in fostering the study of African history internationally."
Source: Washington Post
3/22/19
For Women’s History Month, honoring the sisters in the City of Brotherly Love.
Source: Smithsonian.com
3/25/19
For Turn-of-the-Century African-Americans, the Camera Was a Tool for Empowerment
Source: NPR Codeswitch
3/21/19
50 years ago, studying the history and culture of any people who were not white and Western was considered radical.
Source: Labor and Working Class History Association
3/25/19
Helg describes what examining self-liberation from a continental perspective—beyond the confines of a particular country—teaches us about slavery and liberation.
Source: Associated Press
3/13/19
“Medgar and Myrlie Evers are heroes whose contributions to the advancement of civil rights in Mississippi and our nation cannot be overstated,” U.S. Sen Roger Wicker said in a statement.
Source: The Atlantic
3/17/19
A new exhibition of a gigantic painting uses historical fact to dispel Lost Cause mythology.
Source: Washington Post
3/18/19
For more than two decades, one small publisher far from New York has been quietly rescuing remnants of history from the flames of oblivion.
Source: History Extra
3/18/19
Seven leading historians assess whether we are witnessing the dawn of a new era of extremism.
Source: The Red and Black
3/19/19
Luxenberg is developing a course on the history of Freemasonry, focusing on Freemasons in Georgia and the Athens area.
Source: New York Times
3/12/19
A celebrated raconteur, Mr. Richardson was described by W magazine as “the man all New York wants to sit beside at dinner."
Source: Diverse Education
3/1219
“History, for me, is a way to talk not just about the past, but to use the past for inspiration, for information, for a lot of different things,” says Higginbotham.
Source: New York Times
3/13/19
The historian Tran Duc Anh Son said that Vietnam has irrefutable claims to islands in the South China Sea that China claims as its own.
Source: Politico
3/8/19
The historians were featured alongside Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and more.
Source: New York Times
3/12/19
The exhibition focuses on Churchill’s journey, but it builds context through immersive galleries of World War I trenches, the rise of fascism in Europe, and the London Blitz.
Source: CSU History Department
3/13/19
Information on a live online history lecture. Watch on March 13th!
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
3/8/19
Ideally the archive won't just serve the institution, but will face outward, toward the greater community.
Source: Humanities Indicators
Accessed 3/11/19
The valuable information helps us understand the state of history.
