American History

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• SOURCE: History
  7/12/2019
  

  The U.S. Deported a Million of Its Own Citizens to Mexico During the Great Depression

  Up to 1.8 million people of Mexican descent—most of them American-born—were rounded up in informal raids and deported in an effort to reserve jobs for white people.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  7/14/2019
  

  The Hidden History of Liberty Island

  Before the statue and long before the brand-new museum, there were pirates, real-estate ventures and public executions

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• 7/3/19
  

  America, One and Inseparable

  by Vaughn Davis Bornet

  A reflection this 4th of July on the challenges the United States face and how history can guide us. 

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• SOURCE: Hyperallergic
  7/3/19
  

  The False Narratives of the Fall of Rome Mapped Onto America

  by Sarah E. Bond

  It is disturbing to see how gravely inaccurate 19th-century depictions of the destruction of Rome are used to illustrate news stories today, particularly those that draw parallels between Rome and the United States.

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• SOURCE: Time
  6/30/2019
  

  15 Unsung Moments From American History That Historians Say You Should Know About

  While the nearly 250 years since 1776 have been chock full of major milestones, not every moment that shaped the country gets the credit it deserves.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/17/2019
  

  Alan Brinkley, Leading Historian of 20th-Century America, Dies at 70

  Mr. Brinkley’s work spanned the full spectrum of the last century’s seminal events and influential characters, including the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.

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• 6/9/19
  

  What the Feud and Reconciliation between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Teaches Us About Civility

  by Mike Purdy

  The history of presidential insults cause us to reflect how we should treat one another – not only in the public square, but around the family dinner table, in our marriages, and in the workplace. 

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• 6/4/19
  

  Why 2019 Marks the Beginning of the Next Cycle of American History

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  America has had four major crisis turning points, each 74 years apart, from the time of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to today.

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• 5/26/19
  

  A Day to Remember: Memorial Day 2019

  by Vaughn Davis Bornet

  For some among us, Patriotism sometimes seems just “old hat.”  Not for everybody.  

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/29/19
  

  She was captured and enslaved 400 years ago. Now Angela symbolizes a brutal history.

  Angela’s arrival in Jamestown in 1619 marked the beginning of a subjugation that left millions in chains.

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/18/19
  

  What Was the Biggest Political Scandal in American History? 7 Historians Make Their Picks

  Featuring Heather Cox Richardson, Joanne B. Freeman, Manisha Sinha, Douglas Brinkley, Robert Dallek, Barbara A. Perry, and Julian E. Zelizer.

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/19/19
  

  How the Black Colleges Beyoncé Honors in Homecoming Have Played a Vital Role in American History

  The feeling of unity expressed by Beyoncé’s loving tribute goes even deeper than viewers may know: throughout that history, HBCUs have contributed to every sphere of American life.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/23/19
  

  Kristin L. Hoganson Dismantles the Myth of ‘The Heartland’

  “The heartland myth insists that there is a stone-solid core at the center of the nation."

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/29/19
  

  Pamela S. Nadell's New book Shows How the Country Influenced Jewish American Women, and Vice Versa

  From Betty Friedan to Sonia Pressman, Bella Abzug and Gerda Lerner, Jewish women had an outsize role in the feminist struggle. 

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  3/11/19
  

  America’s Long History of Hysteria about Women’s Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar

  by Juan Cole

  In fact, nothing is more American historically than veiling and debates on veiling. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  2/25/19
  

  Green Book and the Oscars' Complicated History With Movies About Race

  While many supporters of Green Book believe it’s a clever inversion of old tropes, its detractors see its victory as a continuation of the Oscars rewarding a familiarly naive story, told from a familiarly white viewpoint.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  2/22/19
  

  America Needs an Education in Whiteness

  by Jordan Lindsey

  Not a white equivalent of Black History Month—but a better understanding of the concept of whiteness and the harm it inflicts on race relations.

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  2/22/19
  

  A Separate History? How Blacks and Whites View Black Leaders

  There were some significant differences between blacks and whites in terms of their knowledge of the figures the pollsters examined with blacks being more knowledgeable in almost every case.

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• SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
  2/25/19
  

  Daniel Immerwahr Profiled by Chicago Tribune

  “How to Hide an Empire” builds towards a single, reality-scrambling concept: that the familiar map of the United States you know, sea to shining sea, Atlantic to Pacific, Canada to Mexico, is wrong.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  2/15/19
  

  A Look at African-American History, Through the Numbers

  In recognition of Black History Month, here are a few facts and figures about the African-American experience in the U.S.