The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the […]
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American History Book Review: Playing the Changes
Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton’s Life in Stories and Photographs Milt Hinton, with David […]
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American History Review: Baseball’s League of Nations
Baseball’s League of Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players Iroquois Indian Museum, […]
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Citizens, Start Your Engines
The Model T Ford abruptly ended the horse-and-buggy era and put Americans in seemingly […]
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When Blame-Game Politics Unfurled at London’s 1908 Olympics
Political conflicts are nothing new to the Olympics, as demonstrated by the ruckus Americans and Brits stirred up a century ago
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Ghosts of Montpelier
James and Dolley Madison emerge from the shadows after a restoration team rips out […]
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15 Minutes that Saved America
How FDR charmed the nation, rescued the banks and preserved capitalism.
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Dialogue: Ronald Reagan Redux
Sean Wilentz brings the 40th president into historical focus and concludes he compares favorably […]
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American History Public Occurrences: October 2008
Hamilton’s Mobile Home Moves Again The Grange, a turn-of-the-19th-century house Alexander Hamilton built overlooking […]
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Audiobook Review: Playing with Fire by Lawrence O’Donnell
Robert Kennedy’s last campaign, anti-establishment protests, and the fading of the party boss—1968 was a year to remember