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Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College

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Kent State and the War That Never Ended

The deadly episode stood for a bitterly divided era. Did we ever leave it?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on May 4, 2020

What We Can Learn From 1918 Influenza Diaries

These letters and journals offer insights on how to record one's thoughts amid a pandemic.

by Meilan Solly via Smithsonian on April 13, 2020

A nurse standing by a patient's bed during the Spanish Flu.

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

Sure, it came on the heels of World War I, but it was way more deadly.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on February 18, 2019

Newspaper front-page with headline "When Gen. La Grippe Declares War on the U.S.A."

Forgotten Flu

A look back at the so-called “Spanish Flu," how it affected the U.S., and why it’s often overlooked today.

via BackStory on November 30, 2018

A collage featuring pictures from the 1918 Flu Pandemic and the 1920s, including people wearing masks and nurses on one side and flappers on the other.

What Caused the Roaring Twenties? Not the End of a Pandemic (Probably)

As the U.S. anticipates a vaccinated summer, historians say measuring the impact of the 1918 influenza on the uproarious decade that followed is tricky.

by Lila Thulin via Smithsonian on May 3, 2021

“All the World’s a Harem”

How masks became gendered during the 1918–1919 Flu Pandemic.

by E. Thomas Ewing, Jessica Brabble, Ariel Ludwig via Nursing Clio on September 8, 2020

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