Plant and Clarke: Federal Segregation and Gold Star Mothers
Frances Clarke is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney in Australia. In 2011,…
Browsing: Research
Queer Digging in the Archives
A year ago, John D’Emilio began writing a series of blogs for OutHistory.org called “In…
Finding Emily A Story of Historical Recovery
Researching local history can be one of the most vexing and rewarding experiences in a…
What’s in the September issue of The Journal of American History?
The September issue of The Journal of American History is now available online for subscribers. Included are…
FBI Files on Countries Around the World A Large, Untapped Archive
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and possibly also the U.S. National Archives and…
Truths and Lies in the Realm of the Reasonable
I began research for my article, “Lies, Larceny, and the Christian Zulu Prince,” before the…
Why Maxey Flats Matters—or, How to Find New Environmental Icons
In 1962, with powers vested by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Kentucky licensed a…
What’s in the June Issue of the Journal of American History?
The June issue of the Journal of American History is now online for subscribers. Included…
African American Educational Traditions and the Challenge of Desegregation
In the 1940s, Charles Houston and his team of NAACP attorneys took film cameras to…
The Arts in the Public Schools: An Intellectual History
Advocates for public schools have always needed to explain how they serve the public good,…