This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Gettysburg Connection
May 15, 2020
Duke University Professor Thavolia Glymph joins the board of the foundation, which partners with the National Parks Service to preserve and promote historical sites near Gettysburg related to the Civil War battlefield and to the military career of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Source: Johns Hopkins HUB
May 15, 2020
Forster, who taught at Hopkins from 1966 to 1996, was renowned for his work on the history of early modern France and is remembered as a generous, supportive mentor.
Source: Black Perspectives
May 15, 2020
Nancy K. Bristow's new work "Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order and the 1970 Shooting at Jackson State College" is only the second book-length source on the subject.
Source: Capita
May 15, 2020
Historian Eric Rauchway compares the Great Depression and our current pandemic-induced economic decline, Franklin Roosevelt’s democratic principles, and the role of a competent government in preventing authoritarianism.
Source: New York Times
May 15, 2020
The honorific "Mrs." has a complex history reflecting changing social values and gender roles.
Source: Scientific American
May 14, 2020
The idea that people can gain privileged status by proving their immunity to a disease has troubling historical precedents, both in terms of social prejudices and public health outcomes.
Source: Washington Post
May 14, 2020
A review of Serena Zabin's upcoming book "The Boston Massacre."
Source: Science
May 14, 2020
Evidence from bioanthropology and history suggests that late medieval plagues (and other pandemics) are not levelling forces; they often reinforce the divisions in society.
Source: BBC
May 14, 2020
King Henry's defeat led to a brief experiment in governing where the king's powers were delegated to a parliament while he remained head of state.
Source: New York Times
May 13, 2020
by Charles M. Blow
A look at American history shows that state governments have been agents of black oppression in voting rights, criminal justice, and public health.
Source: Christianity Today
May 13, 2020
How and why these killings—and Christians’ responses to them—changed over the centuries.
Source: Marketplace
May 13, 2020
Economic historians Caroline Fohlin and Gary Richardson discuss the nature of government support for employment to preserve World War II's economic gains.
Source: History Today
May 13, 2020
A review of innovative histories of transgendered persons by Jen Manion and Barry Reay.
Source: The Intercept
May 13, 2020
David Blight discusses the achievements and end of Reconstruction, while Greg Grandin looks to the New Deal for clues to what might follow the Trump presidency.
Source: University of Rochester
May 13, 2020
Brown's history of the World Health Organization stresses that international politics have left the agency without the power it needs to battle a pandemic like Covid-19.
Source: History.com
May 13, 2020
Historian Elizabeth Fenn notes that Washington recognized the need to negate a British advantage: endemic smallpox in Britain made his enemy less susceptible to the disease rampant in the colonies.
Source: Perspectives on History
May 13, 2020
A Philadelphia improv comedy group has been inviting historians to collaborate for years in performances mixing historical lecture and improvised reenactments.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
May 13, 2020
How should professors approach teaching situations where their subjects--artists or historical figures--have used racial slurs?
Source: The Atlantic
May 13, 2020
A well-funded effort by American evangelical Christians to identify archaeological evidence for the New Testament is at the center of a scandal.
Source: National Museum of Natural History
May 12, 2020
In this Zoom webinar, Honigsbaum discusses the influenza pandemics of the last century and their connections to COVID-19.
