New perspectives on how history is made
Concrete advice for people who want to draw an audience.
The role music played in the lives of the American soldiers.
“You are the only American citizen that has ever come into this office who has talked to me with a tone. You have spoiled the whole cause for which you came.”
The story of what it took to finally bring about its demise involves the amazing alliance struck between abolitionists and slaves.
Advice for the harried student who needs a little inspiration!
A bracing defense of historiography and why it’s relevant.
That’s just another Camelot myth.
That was the problem these people faced after their friend John Wilkes Booth killed the president of the United States.
The story of the scholar who turned archival thief.
It was the years he spent as a war correspondent, when he saw war up close and was appalled by it.
You should reveal your role in making history.
That’s an error of history finally being corrected.
Why it's important to remember Trumbo's fight for justice, especially now.
Case in point: The Gospel of Judas’s Crucifixion
He wrote two of the most influential books on black history and sold more books than any other black author.
Another installment in Sheldon Stern’s exciting series, “Capturing History as it Really Happened in October 1962.”
This is where the holiday began.
Viewed through our DNA, it fits with a pattern of human behavior.
The Cold War is part of his legacy. But then so was the Marshall Plan.
It’s our own work.
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