A Grandmother’s Story
By Lindsey Burgess Liberia was established in 1821 by the American Colonization Society as an alternative to staying in the United States for people who had… Read More »A Grandmother’s Story
Blog: Writing History
Freed African-Americans: The Diary of William Johnson
By Lindsey Burgess The legacy of slavery in the United States is widely known by the atrocities that African Africans endured on plantation. It’s an assumption… Read More »Freed African-Americans: The Diary of William Johnson
Came for the Pool. Stayed Despite the Crime.
By Lindsay Holcomb Malikah Shabazz is president of the Tenants Association at LeFrak City, a privately-owned housing complex in New York City with 25,000 residents.… Read More »Came for the Pool. Stayed Despite the Crime.
Abandoned, Acquired, Abandoned Again: A talk with Tighe Bullock, one of Thurmond, West Virginia’s five remaining residents.
By Isaac Fornarola Thurmond is a small mining town in southern West Virginia. In the late 19th-century, Thurmond exported more coal than Richmond, Charleston,… Read More »Abandoned, Acquired, Abandoned Again: A talk with Tighe Bullock, one of Thurmond, West Virginia’s five remaining residents.
America’s Secret Weapon Against Japan: Nisei Linguists
By Jonathan G. Lee Kazuo Fred Yamaguchi is a Japanese-American veteran who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. However, he never… Read More »America’s Secret Weapon Against Japan: Nisei Linguists
Rejecting The Picturesque: The Different Groups That Called Greenwich Village Home Megan Messana
By Megan Massana Sarah Apmann is the director of research and preservation at the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. The organization was founded… Read More »Rejecting The Picturesque: The Different Groups That Called Greenwich Village Home Megan Messana
Ukraine In The Eyes of The West
Ukraine emerged on the world stage as an independent country following a referendum on December 1, 1991. These newspaper articles published after the referendum demonstrate… Read More »Ukraine In The Eyes of The West
‘What can we cut today’
By Tess Orrick Russ Feingold, the incumbent Senator from Wisconsin, should have had all the advantages going into the 1998 election, if it had… Read More »‘What can we cut today’
Even Indiana Jones Never Flew a Kite
By Adiel Kaplan Elizabeth Stone is a professor of archaeology at Stony Brook University, specializing in the study of how ancient Mesopotamian societies functioned.… Read More »Even Indiana Jones Never Flew a Kite
‘Every Country Wants to Have That’
by Audrey Fein A little-known Saudi Arabian prince with no art collecting history named Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud purchased the… Read More »‘Every Country Wants to Have That’