Jacob Lawrence and the American Struggle
Jonah was walking in circles as he spoke to me – I love it when he does this because I too walk in circles while I process information. He said, “Mrs.
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Jonah was walking in circles as he spoke to me – I love it when he does this because I too walk in circles while I process information. He said, “Mrs.
World War II created such a need for manpower, that it drew African American men and women into the national effort for victory. As the war came to an end, they
Whenever I begin classroom conversations about women’s suffrage, I always play a “man on the street” clip in which a reporter stands on a busy sidewalk, asking college students and
The United States commemorates military service members in different ways, on three separate days each year, two of which are formally recognized as national holidays and widely celebrated. The history
“The words ‘All men are created equal’ have caused more consternation than any other words in our history,” says Skip L’Heureux, who teaches US history and government at Boothbay Region
The images flickering across my television screen seemed too good to be true. It felt like I was watching my favorite college football team win a game that had been
Teaching American History announces a new volume in its Core Document series, American Foreign Policy to 1899, edited by Stephen F. Knott. The volume covers the key events of its period, including the
The current obsession on race in politics and society demands that we reexamine the 1896 Supreme Court dissent that took most seriously the notion of a “colorblind constitution.” Its
“One trillion dollars of debt—if we as a nation needed a warning, let that be it.” With these words, President Ronald Reagan described the ominous trillion-dollar milestone that the United
In the eighteen months since Covid turned the world outside in, I wrote two blog posts on John Brown, his actions in Kansas, and the raid on Harpers Ferry. One