PRESENT FROM THE START: PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONNECTICUT’S REVOLUTIONARY ERA, 1763-1836 Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St, Willimantic, CT 06226 Connecticut Explored, Inc., The Center for Connecticut Studies, the Department of History at […]| Connecticut Explored
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In the late evening hours of August 25, 1953, a motorcade carrying Corporal John H. F. Teal pulled into Hartford’s North End, where a small crowd of family and friends were eagerly gathered to welcome him home. Teal had just been returned to the United States after spending 32 months in a Korean prison... Read More| Today in Connecticut History
In early 1839, Portuguese slave traders captured dozens of native Mende Africans from the territory of modern-day Sierra Leone — technically, in violation of several international treaties — and sold them to two Spaniards in the slave markets of Havana, Cuba. On July 1, while en route to nearby plantations aboard the Spaniards’ schooner... Read More| Today in Connecticut History
Libraries, museums and archives throughout the US will use the funds to make their collections more accessible through digitisation and—at least in one case—a VR game| The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Randy Browne, an award-winning historian and Professor of History at Xavier University, joins us to investigate slavery's driving system.| Ben Franklin's World
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Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better.| Connecticut Explored
Award-winning playwright and filmmaker Louis Peterson spent his career creating dramatic stories that explored conflict and relationships especially as they turned around issues of race. He …| Today in Connecticut History
Harrison “Honey” Fitch, arrived on the University of Connecticut (then Connecticut State College) in the fall of 1932 and he made a solid impression, fast. Fitch, the first Black…| Today in Connecticut History
The Works Progress Administration or Work Projects Administration (WPA) was the largest New Deal agency. Created by the United States government in 1935, the agency provided jobs to unemployed workers during the Great Depression. During its tenure, the agency employed millions of job seekers to carry out public works projects such as constructing public buildings, … Continue reading The Federal Theatre Project Presents: “Voodoo Macbeth”| The Unwritten Record
This November marks the 249th anniversary of Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation, the effort by Virginia’s last royal governor John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, to arm enslaved Black people to fight the mounting Patriot rebellion. The idea of enlisting enslaved men to fight for the Crown had been brewing for some time, partly to play on fears of slave rebellion that regularly coursed through a colony where just over 40 percent of the population was held in bondage. Read more about: “Liberty ...| Encyclopedia Virginia
Shelley Fisher Fishkin— Teaching America’s past and present in all its complexity has never been an easy task, but this challenge has become more difficult than ever, as more than... READ MORE| Yale University Press
This September, the National Museum of African American History and Culture celebrates its sixth anniversary. When it first opened, our National Museum of African American History and Culture Library, housed more »| Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
Sometimes history is right under our feet and we don’t even realize it. When I lived in Old Town Alexandria, I frequented the quaint brick Kate Waller Barrett branch of the Alexandria Library. Not only was it around the corner from my house, but it contains the city’s local history and special collections reading room, where I spent many hours poring through old newspapers and documents as I worked on various projects. Read more about: History Under Our Feet| Encyclopedia Virginia
Addressing common queries about why diversity, equity, and inclusion is being targeted| Education Next
During the Progressive Era, Black women were often excluded from both white reform initiatives and male-dominated Black organizations. In response, Black women across the nation formed local clubs …| The Indiana History Blog
In the late evening hours of August 25, 1953, a motorcade carrying Corporal John H. F. Teal pulled into Hartford’s North End, where a small crowd of family and friends were eagerly gat…| Today in Connecticut History
In early 1839, Portuguese slave traders captured dozens of native Mende Africans from the territory of modern-day Sierra Leone — technically, in violation of several international trea…| Today in Connecticut History
Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2024 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access. The three articles in this issue all grapple with interpreting a particular place over multiple time periods, often in conversation with each other, […]| National Council on Public History
Benjamin Franklin Kelly made history on September 19, 1953, when he became the first African American to play at an all-white college in Texas, San Angelo College (later Angelo State University, ASU). His San Angelo College debut came eight months before the U.S. Supreme Court’s … Read MoreBen Kelly (1931-2014)| www.blackpast.org
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Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries| Smithsonian Magazine
D-Day and the Combat CameramanThis week marks the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Operation. Starting on June 6, 1944, about 175,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, supported…| The Unwritten Record
by Ronald M. Johnson On January 16, 1986, Coretta Scott King unveiled a memorial bust of her husband in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The unveiling, a moving event unto itself, helped inaugurate the la…| U.S. Capitol Historical Society
The passing of Daniel P. Jordan, the long-time head of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and runs Monticello, is a good opportunity to reflect on the changes that have come to Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop home and plantation, as well as the field of public history at large. Jane Kamensky, the current president of the foundation, called Jordan “the most consequential president on the Mountaintop since Jefferson himself.” Jordan received his PhD in history from the Unive...| Encyclopedia Virginia
We at Encyclopedia Virginia value accuracy and getting it right when it comes to telling the story of Virginia’s history and culture. Since we went online in 2008, we have continually refined our processes to ensure that we’re getting it right—or at least as right as is possible for a staff of fallible humans. Read more about: The Challenges of Getting the Past Right| Encyclopedia Virginia
As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s a good time to remember Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the Father of Black history and who in 1926 created the forerunner of Black History Month—Negro History Week. At the time, the idea that African Americans might have a history worth preserving and studying was radical. Read more about: Remembering the Father of Black History| Encyclopedia Virginia
Is history set in stone, like a statue, or is it fluid, more evolving process than petrified facts? At EV, we get to see history in motion, as with our entry on the Bray Schools. These schools were founded in Williamsburg and Fredericksburg, as well as in Philadelphia, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island, by the Associates of Dr. Read more about: History on the Move| Encyclopedia Virginia