What Democrats Can Learn from America’s First Black Voters
After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.
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Locked out: how a 19th century land grant is still undermining First Nations rights on Vancouver Island
On Vancouver Island, privately owned forest poses a unique challenge for the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, with territories ...
The history of old age in America is all about reinvention. Too bad our political culture can’t keep up
Medicare and Social Security represent successes in facing the realities of aging, but their imperfections also show how much ...
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An Old City archeologist writes an opera for a murdered 19th century woman
Composer Melissa Dunphy discovered an unsolved murder at her home from 144 years ago. She brings her back to life with “Alice Tierney.” ...
Ringling Museum photo exhibit displays truth in black and white
The Ringling highlights photographs by Danny Lyon and Roy DeCarava who captured different aspects of Black life in mid-20th ...
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Women's Role in Prohibition: From Temperance to the 21st Amendment
The Prohibition era in the United States, spanning from 1920 to 1933, is often characterized by speakeasies, gangsters, and ...
The story of diversity in America is more complicated than it might seem
New analysis from demographer Richard Alba indicates that 1 in 8 U.S. children are mixed-race.
Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn't
When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share ...