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How A Child Born More Than 400 Years Ago Became A Symbol of White Nationalism

Virginia Dare and the myth of American whiteness.

by Andrew Lawler via Made by History on May 24, 2018

illustration of orange groves with snow-capped mountains in the distance

The Dreams and Myths That Sold LA

How city leaders and real estate barons used sunshine and oranges to market Los Angeles.

by Hadley Meares via Curbed on May 24, 2018

Edward S. Curtis: Romance vs. Reality

In a famous 1910 photograph "In a Piegan Lodge," a small clock appears between two seated Native American men.

by Allison C. Meier via JSTOR Daily on May 18, 2018

Inside the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery, AL.

How the New Monument to Lynching Unravels a Historical Lie

Lies about history long protected lynching.

by Nina Silber via Made by History on May 2, 2018

A painting entitled "The First Thanksgiving, 1621" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (ca. 1932).

The Dark Side of Nice

American niceness is the absolute worst thing to ever happen in human history.

by D. Berton Emerson via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 22, 2018

Political cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt holding his Big Stick and pulling a naval fleet in the Caribbean (1904).

Why Both Liberals and Conservatives Claim Theodore Roosevelt as Their Own

Our 26th President is lauded as an environmentalist, as well as an empire builder.

by Michael Patrick Cullinane via Zócalo Public Square on April 20, 2018

How the Log Cabin Became an American Symbol

We have the Swedes and William Henry Harrison to thank for the popularization of the log cabin.

by Andrew Belonsky via Mental Floss on April 19, 2018

Salem witch trials

An Embarrassment of Witches

What's the real history behind Trump's 'witch hunt' tweets?

by Mary Beth Norton via Perspectives on History on April 10, 2018

Why a Woman Who Killed Indians Became Memorialized as the First Female Public Statue

Hannah Duston was used as a national symbol of innocence, valor, and patriotism to justify westward expansion.

by Barbara Cutter via Zócalo Public Square on April 9, 2018

Jordan Peterson & Fascist Mysticism

The bestselling guru's ancient wisdom is unmistakably modern – a disturbing symptom of the social malaise he sets out to cure.

by Pankaj Mishra via New York Review of Books on March 19, 2018

KKK parade

How Social Media Spread a Historical Lie

A mix of journalistic mistakes and partisan hackery advanced a pernicious lie about Democrats and the Klan.

by Jennifer Mendelsohn, Peter A. Shulman via Made by History on March 15, 2018

These Photos Will Change the Way You Think About Race in Coal Country

The myth that Appalachia is uniformly White lingers, but communities of “Affrilachians” were documented in the 1930s.

by John Edwin Mason via YES! on March 15, 2018

Agriculture Wars

On country music as a lens through which to trace the corporatization of American farming.

by Nick Murray via Viewpoint Magazine on March 12, 2018

Book cover of "What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia."

Appalachia Isn’t Trump Country

A region that outsiders love to imagine but can’t seem to understand.

by Elizabeth Catte, Regan Penaluna via Guernica on March 7, 2018

Black Atlantis

Why do white people love Black Panther, just as they love Star Wars?

by Asad Haider via Viewpoint Magazine on March 5, 2018

Voices in Time: Horror Movie Scene-Setting

The author of 'High-Risers' revisits 'Candyman,' in which public housing is the greatest horror of all.

by Ben Austen via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 1, 2018

New Mexico landscape painting by Marsden Hartley.

A Tramp Across America

How a Los Angeles Times editor helped create the myth of the American West.

by Greg Luther via Lapham’s Quarterly on February 19, 2018

Still from Black Panther film.

'Black Panther' and the Invention of 'Africa'

The film's hero and antagonist represent dueling responses to five centuries of African exploitation at the hands of the West.

by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on February 18, 2018

The Hamburger: An American Lyric

How hamburgers became a staple of the American diet.

by Carol J. Adams via The Paris Review on February 12, 2018

Illustrating Carnival: Remembering the Overlooked Artists Behind Early Mardi Gras

A look at the ornate float and costume designs from Carnival’s “Golden Age."

by Allison C. Meier via The Public Domain Review on February 7, 2018

Encountering the Plantation Myth Where You'd Least Expect It

Well off Savannah's tourist trail, there's a replica of an antebellum plantation home in the middle of a public housing project.

by Kevin M. Levin on January 19, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Now

The canonical image of Martin Luther King Jr. neglects many of his most important intellectual, ethical, and political critiques.

by Brandon M. Terry via Boston Review on January 9, 2018

Here's What Benjamin Franklin Scholars Think About Lin-Manuel Miranda's Ode to the Inventor

Fact-checking the lyrics of Miranda's new song.

by Olivia B. Waxman via Made By History on December 15, 2017

Civil War rifles mounted on wall

The Brutal Origins of Gun Rights

A new history argues that the Second Amendment was intended to perpetuate white settlers' violence toward Native Americans.

by Patrick Blanchfield via The New Republic on December 11, 2017

Will the Real Pocahontas Please Stand Up?

We might be better off if we knew a little more – or a little less – about her actual life.

by James Reinl via Al Jazeera on November 28, 2017

Forgiving the Unforgivable: Geronimo’s Descendants Seek to Salve Generational Trauma

Traveling to the heart of Mexico for a Ceremonia del Perdón.

by Anna Badkhen via Literary Hub on November 21, 2017

Caroline and Charles Ingalls

Little House, Small Government

How Laura Ingalls Wilder’s frontier vision of freedom and survival lives on in Trump’s America.

by Vivian Gornick via The New Republic on November 16, 2017

The Small Business Myth

Small businesses enjoy an iconic status in modern capitalism, but what do they really contribute to the economy?

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse via Aeon on November 8, 2017

The Mythical Whiteness of Trump Country

"Hillbilly Elegy" has been used to explain the 2016 election, but its logic is rooted in a dangerous myth about race in Appalachia.

by Elizabeth Catte via Boston Review on November 7, 2017

Lithograph by Winslow Homer titled "Thanksgiving Day in the Army" depicting soldiers pulling apart a wishbone.

A Confederate Curriculum

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

by Jonathan Zimmerman via Lapham’s Quarterly on November 6, 2017

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