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: The Conversation
11/6/19
by Rebecca Janzen
Along with the Romneys – relatives of Sen. Mitt Romney, whose father was born in Mexico – the LeBarons are among the most storied families in Mormon history.
Source: NY Times
11/6/19
The labor of enslaved people paid for the founding of Harvard Law School, Antigua’s prime minister reminded the college’s president.
Source: USA Today
11/6/19
Historians have for decades weighed presidents' virtues and accomplishments in a bid to determine the best and worst of the bunch.
Source: Time
11/7/19
by Albinko Hasic
The story of the Berlin Wall is one of division and repression, but also of the yearning for freedom — and the events that led up to its toppling are no exception.
Source: New Yorker
11/4/19
by Adam Hochschild
A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.
Source: CNN
11/2/19
The impressive find is now thought to include artifacts captured from kingdoms in East Anglia and Northumbria -- something researchers say "offers vivid confirmation of the widespread and brutal events" between warring English kingdoms, which have been described in near-contemporary sources from the period.
Source: National Security Archive
11/5/19
by Lauren Harper and Tom Blanton
Evidence from the House’s impeachment inquiry, including from Ambassador William Taylor, the chargé d'affaires for Ukraine under the Trump administration, and from former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, all speak to a pattern and practice of bypassing official record-keeping procedures at the State Department.
Source: The Conversation
11/1/19
by Gideon Cohn-Postar
A federal judge ruled on Nov. 1 that he would not stop Mississippi voters from electing a governor on Tuesday under an old, Jim Crow-era election law that a civil rights lawsuit argues perpetuates “white supremacy” and violates the principle of “one-person, one-vote.”
Source: History.com
11/3/19
Early researchers used horse hairs and burning machines to try to quantify people’s physical suffering.
Source: The New York Times
11/5/2019
Researchers say they believe the debris field off the Philippines is from the U.S.S. Johnston DD-557, which played a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Source: New York Times
11/1/19
The Johann Christian Oerter rifle, taken from Valley Forge State Park in 1971, will go on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.
Source: The Telegraph
November 2, 2019
by Sophie Barnes
The Aeronauts film has come under fire by a historian who has warned history should not be “airbrushed” after Wolverhampton’s role in a record-breaking balloon flight was left out of the film.
Source: The Washington Post
11/5/2019
Last week, President Trump declared November as “National American History and Founders Month,” a celebration of the country’s “dedication to promoting liberty and justice.”
Source: Politico Magazine
11/03/19
by Shaun Assael and Peter Keating
Forty years ago, a gang of Klansmen and Nazis murdered five communists in broad daylight. America has never been the same
Source: History.com
10/30/19
From elaborate disguises to communicating in code to fighting back, enslaved people found multiple paths to freedom.
Source: The Washington Post
November 4, 2019
White supremacists visited Emmett Till's memorial causing dismay to many.
Source: The New York Times
November 2, 2019
by Jon Gambrell
Upon the 40th anniversary of the 1979 US embassy attack, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh acknowledged that the repercussions of the crisis still reverberate as tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran.
Source: The New York Times
October 29, 2019
by Adam Clymer
John Conyers passed away at age 90 this week, the sixth longest-serving U.S. Representative in history, having spent more than half a century representing Detroit, and the longest-serving Black congressperson, by far.
Source: Smithsonian
November 2019
by April White
A tragedy at home led one intrepid historian to find and catalog precious correspondence for future generations to study.
Source: AHA Perspectives
10/31/19
by Ethan Ehrenhaft
An AP Government Class Helps Families of Civil Rights Murder Victims
