Last year, the American Antiquarian Society received a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support the reorganization, rehousing, and digitization of 655 pages of letters, notebooks, and photographs created by formerly enslaved people. The new digital resource Letters from Freedom provides additional context to the materials and to the stories of the people … Continue reading Letters from Freedom: New Digital Resource| Past is Present
Recently, I had the privilege of making a display that is now exhibited in the American Antiquarian Society reading room, as you enter through the main glass doors of Antiquarian Hall. My exhibit focuses on manumissions in 1800s America. Originally, I planned to highlight the freedom suit as a legal means of resistance to slavery. … Continue reading Exploring Manumissions in the AAS Collections: A Summer Page’s Experience| Past is Present
I almost never have any cross-over between this website and my theater-focused website NYCPlaywrights. But today I do. | PINKERITE
At the 50th anniversary of the fight, the “Thrilla in Manila” emerges as not only the story of two extraordinary boxers’ pushing themselves to their physical limits, but also embodies creativity an…| Clio and the Contemporary
The American Revolution was revolutionary in more ways than one. Beyond creating the United States and securing its independence from Britain, the Revolution inspired republican ideals that reverberated long after the guns had gone silent. Access to tax-supported, widespread public education was one such ideal, although as our new entry by Mark Boonshoft of the Virginia Military Institute on Education in Virginia in the Revolutionary Era shows, it would take some time to get there. Read mor...| Encyclopedia Virginia
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
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
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
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
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
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
