Tag: US History

Historical Topics, Interviews

An Oral History of a Native Son: The Elaine Massacre and its Living Memory

Patrick Grey On September 30, 1919, Black sharecroppers throughout Phillips County, Arkansas convened in a church in the town of Elaine to discuss fairer cotton prices for the fall sale and plan how to increase Black land ownership among Black farmers. Armed guards stood just outside of the church while white police officers were in a car parked nearby. Not long after the meeting began, … Continue reading An Oral History of a Native Son: The Elaine Massacre and its Living Memory

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Historical Topics, History in Popular Culture

Hamilton’s Legacy: A Political Affair

Sophie McCarthy Infidelity has plagued politics, sent shockwaves through sports, and birthed award-winning reality television. Even the fastest-growing Broadway musical features a cheating scandal. Hamilton, debuting in 2015, has quickly climbed to the fourth highest grossing show of all time. The production, which centers on the turbulent political career of Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, spans twenty-eight years, two hours & forty-five minutes, and forty-six songs. … Continue reading Hamilton’s Legacy: A Political Affair

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Historical Topics, History in Popular Culture

Life, Liberty, & Leotards: Women’s Gymnastics at the 1996 Olympic Games

Juliana Lo On July 24, 1996, the New York Times front page image featured the United States’ women’s gymnastics team receiving the gold medal at their home Olympics in Atlanta. The headline in the sports section stated: “For the Magnificent Seven, It Hurts So Good” underscoring the dramatic finish to the team event. These female athletes, nicknamed the Magnificent Seven, signified the rise and excellence … Continue reading Life, Liberty, & Leotards: Women’s Gymnastics at the 1996 Olympic Games

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Historical Topics, Op-ed

Conspiracy Theories in American History and the 2024 Presidential Election

Anna Maggi In the wake of the 2024 Presidential election, one thing surprised me more than anything else: the immediate conspiracy-mongering of the left. Within hours of Vice President Harris’s concession speech, Democrats were parroting conspiracy theories initially peddled by Donald Trump and his followers after the 2020 election. Across Tiktok and X, posts with over 10 million viewers spread conspiracy theories about the election … Continue reading Conspiracy Theories in American History and the 2024 Presidential Election

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Op-ed, research

An Open Letter To National Archives Museum From A Journalist

Archit Mehta In Fall 2023, Archit authored “Decoding Systemic Racism in the Artifact ‘Slaves Build Capital and White House’ at the National Archives Museum” for the Critical Discourse Analysis class at Georgetown University’s MA Communication, Culture and Technology. Since then he has presented this work at the 2024 annual conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH – the founders of … Continue reading An Open Letter To National Archives Museum From A Journalist

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Historical Topics

The Past, in the Present: The Conundrum of Historical Memory

Megan Huang 2024 marks the bicentennial of the return of Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, to the United States, almost fifty years after he first sailed for North America to aid the American Revolution. Lafayette had dreamed of coming back to the United States for years, but having been deeply enmeshed in the considerable turmoil and change of his home country of France, … Continue reading The Past, in the Present: The Conundrum of Historical Memory

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Interviews

A Conversation with Michael Kazin

Mariam Aiyad Michael Kazin is a historian of US History, writer, and professor in the History Department at Georgetown University. Journalism has always been a key factor in Michael Kazin’s life. Throughout middle school, high school, and college, Kazin wrote and edited for his school newspaper. Later in his early career, he wrote for Leftist underground newspapers. As a member of the Democratic Socialists of … Continue reading A Conversation with Michael Kazin

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Historical Topics

“Heed Their Words”: Using the WPA Slave Narratives to Address Challenging Sources

Victoria Lewis Rachel Sullivan walked up the steps of her front porch, kicked off her shoes, and plopped down in her rocker. In her eighties, she just didn’t get around like she used to. As she sat on the porch of that two-room house on Reynolds Street, Rachel could not help but reflect on her life: her early years on the plantation of Governor Pickens … Continue reading “Heed Their Words”: Using the WPA Slave Narratives to Address Challenging Sources

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Historical Topics, Op-ed

Forgetting the Forever Wars

John Ramming Chappell Nearly two decades after 9/11, a consensus has emerged: the United States needs to end its forever wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. This month, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), the sweeping legislation that authorized the War on Terror. Legislators have also proposed bills to repeal the 2002 … Continue reading Forgetting the Forever Wars

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