The Fascist Game: A Conversation on the Origins of the American Modern Right
In this 1936 photo, police officers exhibit the robes and weapons of the Black Legion.…
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#MeToo, Networks of Complicity, and the 1920s Klan
Ku Klux Klan paraders, Muncie, Indiana, 1922. Image Courtesy of Ball State University Archives and Special Collections. The public outing of predatory men has changed public discourse about sexual assault. With the…
What’s in the December Issue of The Journal of American History?
The December 2018 issue of The Journal of American History is now available online for subscribers. Included are articles by Robert H. Churchill, Jamie L.…
Beyond Miss America 1968: A Feminist History
Alix Kates Shulman Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Photograph…
Protest and Punishment in Rural North Carolina
Longtime inhabitants of Benson and those passing through could not miss the prominent billboard at…
New Nixon and Youth Politics, 1968
This 1968 poster was one of the Young Voters for Nixon’s most popular successes as…
Toward Black Higher Education in 1968
Demanding a “Black University,” students occupy the Howard University’s administration building in March 1968. Courtesy…
On Display The 1968 San Francisco State Student Strike
San Francisco State University (then San Francisco State College) was uniquely situated to address racial…
What’s in the November Issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The November 2018 issue…
Sex, Suffrage, Solidarities: Centennial Reappraisals Call for Papers
The year 2020 marks the centennial anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. What are our obligations…