Memory

A new book bursts the bubble on what we’ve learned about the Civil Rights era to show a larger movement with layers.

Nearly two decades ago, historians embraced a hugely wasteful federal education program. It’s past time to reckon with that.

Locomotives. Not trains. Locomotives.

Today’s battles over Confederate iconography emerge, in part, out of the failure to address the centrality of slavery to the war.

Gaming in the shadow Charlottesville's "Unite the Right" rally.

Some historical sites have struggled to reconcile founding-era exceptionalism with the true story of America’s original sin.

Remembering victims of one of the worst workplace disasters in American history.

In an open letter, an encyclopedia editor stands behind the use of the term "white supremacy" to describe the UDC's work.

A century-old image and the film it inspired.

Each one flown outside the slave states amounts to an admission that the flag represents whiteness, not Southernness.

Why Confederacy supporters erased the legacy of one its most accomplished soldiers.

Du Bois's "Black Reconstruction in America" showed that the black freedom struggle has always been one for radical democracy.

White victimhood's roots in the Civil War.

Running through all of historian Gerald Horne's books are the twin themes of revolution and repression.

Protesters toppled the 1913 statue Monday, making it the latest Civil War memorial to be removed by government or demonstrators.

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Might a new approach to war memorials keep us out of future unnecessary wars?

Why our history educations must be better.

Most early pioneer statues celebrated whites dominating American Indians.

What variables make a woman's inclusion in history more likely?

Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it sounds.

As historians turn their attention to animals, they are shedding new light on what it means to be human.

Until the mid-20th century, Oregon was perhaps the most racist place outside the southern states, possibly even of all the states.

Muzzleloaders have evolved into smart-style automatic firearms in just 150 years.

A century after the guns fell silent, the United States risks replicating the errors of the past.

For people of color watching over their shoulder, the fear of police interference harkens back to a historical moment with a much-too-benign label.

Intra-American trafficking magnified slavery’s impact.

The National Museum of the American Indian has reached a final decision on which design to implement.

Why it's important to know that Marsha P. Johnson did not start the riots at Stonewall.

A network of professional librarians seeks to destroy a beloved literary heroine and malign her creator.