Call for Papers: Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression
Call for Papers Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression November 3–5, 2022, via ZOOM and in person The University...
Category : History News & Articles
Why FDR Faced His Own VP When Running for a Third Term
by Becky Little Franklin D. Roosevelt won elections for his first two presidential terms in landslides and went on to become the only U.S. president...
7 Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
by Sarah Pruitt In the early 20th century, millions of African Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban North to seek economic opportunity...
The 1860 Compromise That Would Have Preserved Slavery in the US Constitution
by Farrell Evans Following Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the 1860 presidential election, 11 southern states seceded from the Union. Slavery and states’ rights had been...
8 Key Laws That Advanced Civil Rights
by Mehrunnisa Wani The “peculiar institution” of slavery was abolished nearly a hundred years after the Declaration of Independence called for freedom and equality for...