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Protesters in front of a Confederate monument hold a banner that reads "Take the statue down."

Ole Miss’s Monument to White Supremacy

New evidence shows what the 30-foot-tall Confederate memorial was actually meant to commemorate.  
by Anne Twitty via The Atlantic on June 19, 2020
Boston's Emancipation Memorial depicting a black man kneeling in front of Abraham Lincoln.

Black Bostonians Fought For Freedom From Slavery. Where Are The Statues That Tell Their Stories?

Contrary to the image of the kneeling slave, Black abolitionists did not wait passively for the "Day of Jubilee." They led the charge.
by Kevin M. Levin via WBUR on June 16, 2020
Statue of George Washington with an American flag tied to his face to cover his nose and mouth, like a covid mask or a gag.

Direct Action and the Rejection of Monumental History

As people have gathered across the country to oppose police violence, they have targeted statues, monuments, and buildings commemorating white supremacy.
by Jacob F. Lee, Mathew E. Stanley via CounterPunch on June 5, 2020
Gay Pride march from "Gay and Proud" video

The History of Pride

How activists fought to create LGBTQ+ pride.
by Meg Metcalf via Library of Congress on June 1, 2020
Headstones in Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery and the Origins of Memorial Day

Since the first Decoration Day, the cemetery morphed from one of many Civil War burial grounds to a unique place of honor.
by Stephen Carney via Arlington National Cemetery on May 20, 2020

Love One Another or Die

During the AIDS crisis, different contingents of the LGBTQ movement set aside their differences to prioritize mutual care.
by Amy Hoffman via Boston Review on April 2, 2020
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Transcontinental

Ed Ayers visits the site where the transcontinental railroad was completed. He considers the project's human costs, and discovers how the environment and photography played key roles on the rails.
via Future Of America's Past on March 23, 2020
Dr. Cliff Kuhn leading the 1906 Race Riot Walking Tour. Photo credit: Julia Brock

Atlanta's 1906 Race Riot and the Coalition to Remember

Commemorating the event that hardened the lines of segregation in the city.
by Jennifer Dickey via National Council on Public History on February 6, 2020
Portraits of John Adams (left) and John Quincy Adams (right).

The Fall of the House of Adams: Charles Francis Adams Jr. on Race and Public Service

A look inside America’s first political dynasty.
by Douglas R. Egerton via We're History on November 25, 2019

What’s Next?

Expanding the radical promise of the American Revolution.
by Holly Jackson via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 10, 2019

The Surprising Origins of the Phrase 'You Guys'

When did people start using the phrase to refer to a group of two or more?
by Allan Metcalf via Made By History on September 30, 2019

Muskets! Axes! Revolt! Here Are the Plans for a Reenactment of an Actual 1811 Rebellion

This fall 500 Louisianans, in 19th-century attire, will re-create America’s largest plantation uprising.
by Julian Lucas via Vanity Fair on September 9, 2019
Nina Simone

The Remarkable Story of the Drive to Preserve Nina Simone's Childhood Home

Simone's birthplace in Tryon, North Carolina, was declared a National Treasure. Now, local events celebrate her and raise money for preservation efforts.
by Sarah Edwards via INDY Week on August 14, 2019
Maybelle and Helen Carter.

For Women Musicians, Maybelle Carter Set the Standard and Broke the Mold

One of the most indispensable guitarists of all time, Carter was a quiet revolutionary.
by Tift Merritt via NPR on August 13, 2019
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Remembering The Red Summer 100 Years Later

Why it matters what language we use to describe what happened in 1919.
by David F. Krugler via HNN on August 4, 2019

Emmett Till Memory Project

The website version of an app designed to be a digital guide to the legacy of Till’s murder.
by Emmett Till Interpretive Center on August 1, 2019

The Fourth of July Has Always Been Political

The question is which vision of America it’s being used to advance.
by David Waldstreicher via The Atlantic on July 4, 2019
Marchers holding banner at Pride parade
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The Stonewall Riots Didn’t Start the Gay Rights Movement

Giving Stonewall too much credit misses the movement’s growing strength in the 1960s, sociologists note.
by Greggor Mattson via JSTOR Daily on June 12, 2019
Children sit by wreaths in a cemetery of Civil War dead.
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The Evolution of Memorial Day

What started as a solemn commemoration of dead Civil War soldiers has become a celebration of summer. Here's why that makes total sense.
by Catherine Albanese, Peter Feuerherd, Mabel Thompson Rauch via JSTOR Daily on May 22, 2019
Robert E. Lee statue

Mistaken Ruling over Lee and Jackson Statues Extends Charlottesville Harm

The Lee and Jackson statues were erected not to mourn their deaths, but to glorify their character.
by Frank Dukes via Salon on May 11, 2019

The Inventor of Mother’s Day

Anna Jarvis spent years fighting the holiday’s commercialization, but that may have hastened its descent into Hallmark territory.
by Sophie Monks Kaufman via Hazlitt on May 9, 2019

How Poverty Is Reshaping the Story of Emmett Till's Murder

Beset by poverty, Glendora, Mississippi clings desperately to a version of Till's story that few others seem to believe.
by Dave Tell via The Conversation on May 9, 2019

Remembering Emmett Till

The ruins of a country store suggest that locals have neglected the memory of Emmett Till’s murder.
by Dave Tell via Places Journal on April 1, 2019

Infrastructures of Memory

It is not just what is remembered that is important, but how it is remembered.
by Brianne M. Wesolowski via Tropics of Meta on December 4, 2018

Who Writes History? The Fight to Commemorate a Massacre by the Texas Rangers

When the descendants of a 1918 massacre applied for a historical marker, they learned that not everyone wants to remember one of Texas’ darkest days.
by Daniel Blue Tyx via The Texas Observer on November 26, 2018

World War Waste

Memorials of World War I should focus on the truth—that it was bloody and pointless.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on November 14, 2018
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Legends and Lore

A roadside marker program in New York State embraces the gray area between official history and local lore.
by Allison C. Meier on October 23, 2018
Historical marker in Memphis telling the history of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Naming the Enslaved, Reconciling the Past in Memphis

The roll call for the names of 74 African Americans sold into slavery by Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis was solemn.
by Hannah Baldwin via Southern Poverty Law Center on October 19, 2018

America's Few Latino Historical Sites Languish, Forgotten and Decaying

A makeshift memorial in New Mexico dedicated to Hispanic Union soldiers "looks like just a taco stand, without any tacos."
by Associated Press via NBC News on October 14, 2018

The Troubling History of the Fight to Honor Leif Erikson—Not Columbus—as the Man Who 'Discovered America'

It wasn't simply a matter of getting the history right.
by Olivia B. Waxman via Made By History on October 5, 2018
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