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Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of cultural values and community within Jewish immigration to the U.S. is often overlooked. [...] »
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not begin and end with Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education. [...] »
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States producing 65 months of depressed economic conditions. [...] »
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern Civil Rights Movement and its antecedent movements were efforts to challenge and eliminate racism. [...] »
American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. An overwhelming number of facts make an alternate case. [...] »
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted rebellion, how much do we actually know about Denmark Vesey and his uprising? [...] »
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of all supporters of women's rights—didn't it? [...] »
Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's fossil-fueled world? [...] »
