Why are some Americans changing their names?
October 28, 2019
—Kirsten Fermaglich
NYU Press author answers the question: Why, in the 21st century, are people feeling compelled to change their names?
Category: History
The Battle of Negro Fort: Q&A with Matthew Clavin
September 10, 2019
To learn more about the new book The Battle of Negro Fort, we talked to author Matthew Clavin about the battle and its place in American history
Dr. Kelly Ryan explores social violence and civil rights in new book on Early America
August 29, 2019
—Steven Krolak
Kelly A. Ryan explores the many ways in which men used violence to enforce their dominance in American slavery in her new book.
Boss Moves Are Bloody Moves
August 26, 2019
—Rachel Schine
Ancient Arabic poetry meets modern hip hop star, Cardi B in this fun breakdown.
“HORRID BARBARITY:” A Trial Against Slaveholders in New York City
August 16, 2019
Originally published by The Gotham Center for New York City History blog, republished here with permission. —Kelly A. Ryan In February 1809, three seamstresses made their way to the special… READ MORE
Stonewall and Queens
August 9, 2019
Marc Stein recognizes this month’s fiftieth anniversary of the 1969 Kew Gardens demonstration against antigay vigilantism
The Links between Slavery, Policing, and Racism
July 30, 2019
—Jennifer E. Cobbina There is a long and mainly unresolved history of government using violence to establish and maintain relations of racial domination and subordination. However, as a nation, we… READ MORE
Celebrating 400 years of Jamestown, the Virginia Assembly, and representative American government
July 29, 2019
— Karen Ordahl Kupperman On July 30th, we celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the first meeting of the Virginia Assembly, the beginning of representative government in America. The Virginia… READ MORE