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How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

Margaret A. Burnham on the Legal Legacy of Jim Crow

By Margaret A. Burnham | September 28, 2022

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

“I did not grow up with children’s books about Japanese American incarceration. There were not many.”

By Brandon Shimoda | August 18, 2022

“She’s making history / working for victory.” The Women Mathematicians Who Joined the War Effort

“She’s making history / working for victory.” The Women Mathematicians Who Joined the War Effort

Kathy Kleiman on Fran Bilas, Kay McNulty, and the Search for Women in STEM During WWII

By Kathy Kleiman | July 27, 2022

How Literature Influenced Adolescent Ideas About Love in the 18th Century

How Literature Influenced Adolescent Ideas About Love in the 18th Century

John Wood Sweet on Sex, Love and Rape Culture in Early America

By John Wood Sweet | July 19, 2022

Censorship By Omission: How Systemic Racism is Downplayed and Dismissed in the Classroom

Censorship By Omission: How Systemic Racism is Downplayed and Dismissed in the Classroom

Jared Del Rosso on What is and Isn't Taught in American Schools

By Jared Del Rosso | July 15, 2022

How One of America’s Most Influential Black Writers Befriended a Pioneering American Aviator

How One of America’s Most Influential Black Writers Befriended a Pioneering American Aviator

Gene Andrew Jarrett on the Unexpected Friendship of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Orville Wright

By Gene Andrew Jarrett | June 27, 2022

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How the Transcendentalists Shaped American Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

How the Transcendentalists Shaped American Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

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How a Founding Father Helped Create Modern American Philanthropy

How a Founding Father Helped Create Modern American Philanthropy

Michael Meyer on the Sources of Benjamin Franklin’s Altruism

By Michael Meyer | April 15, 2022

For Megan Mayhew Bergman, When It Comes to Showing Love, It’s All About Southern Cooking

For Megan Mayhew Bergman, When It Comes to Showing Love, It’s All About Southern Cooking

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How the North Beat the South, Morally and Economically

How the North Beat the South, Morally and Economically

Roger Lowenstein on the Dueling Economies Behind The Civil War

By Roger Lowenstein | March 16, 2022

On the Forgotten Voices of the Abolition Movement

On the Forgotten Voices of the Abolition Movement

J.D. Dickey Recommends Five Essential Texts

By J.D. Dickey | March 3, 2022

J.D. Dickey on the Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America

J.D. Dickey on the Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America

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By Keen On | March 1, 2022

How Slavery Was Written Out of the Declaration of Independence

How Slavery Was Written Out of the Declaration of Independence

Willard Sterne Randall on Thomas Jefferson’s Original Bill of Indictment Against George III

By Willard Sterne Randall | February 8, 2022

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