New perspectives on how history is made
The pardon power may be absolute, but that does not mean it can be used in the commission of a crime by the chief executive.
It is a cautionary tale about the dangers of war hysteria, but also something more: testament to the solidarity of the labor movement.
His last, stunning speech.
He gave it 50 years ago after hearing that MLK had been assassinated.
A response from the Coordinating Council of Women Historians.
Another pillar of the Lost Cause myth falls.
It shows you what a president with empathy for African Americans does.
Trump does not seem up to the Eisenhower standard of statesmanship, alas.
From one who tried it.
Reflections of a master historian.
Probably not. (It was in the American Revolution.) But here’s why you should. It was a key to the victory at Yorktown.
Ethology studies back him up.
It would be in the long-term interest of the United States.
Decades later the FBI was still trying to conceal their source’s identity.
As this historian of the sport shows, it’s an old story.
It was in 1963. And for the first time the all-white Bulldogs of Mississippi State agreed to play an out-of-state team including black players.
The stunning account of sexual harassment disclosed by the past president of the Southern Historical Association.
There was a sister ship. It was sailed south to plant a Puritan colony on an island off Central America.
In the 1790s even George Washington faced a tax rebellion. He put it down personally at the head of an army.
He helped desegregate spring training.
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