When newspapers got it wrong. By Rhonda Evans, J.D.DirectorLuEsther T. Mertz LibraryNew York Botanical Garden The term...
History
Confirmation bias is nothing new. By Dr. W. Lance BennettProfessor Emeritus of Political ScienceFounding Director, Emeritus, Center...
The origins of the Electoral College are entwined with slavery. By Mark McKibbinWriter and Activist By Dr....
Alabama citizens had been terrorized frequently by the Ku Klux Klan in the run-up to the election....
Whites “intended to carry the election if they had to wade in blood up to their saddle...
An estimated twelve African Americans were fatally shot or lynched. Introduction The Phoenix election riot occurred on November 8,...
Registered Black voters had been removed from the rolls. By Dr. Jerald PodairProfessor of HistoryLawrence University Introduction...
The 1956 effort was no rousing success. By Dr. W. Joseph CampbellProfessor Emeritus of CommunicationAmerican University Introduction...
A would-be assassin’s bullet couldn’t knock George Wallace out of politics − but it made him seek...
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s. By Dr....
Here are five African American women who changed history. Althea Gibson I always wanted to be somebody....
The president grappled for months over whether signing the Emancipation Proclamation was ‘American’. The American Civil War...
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and...
Its popularity in visual art coincides with the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. By Dr. Letha...
The most important temporal foci of divine concepts in Rome were their ‘holidays’. Roman gods were invariably...
Knowledge of the functional foci of the gods was of paramount importance. Divine concepts were commonly related...
The personnel focalization of a number of cults was somewhat blurred. Roman gods were conceptualized not only...
Is noise the real monster? Or is it our own intolerance of unwanted sounds? Introduction The new...
Friends finding their camaraderie cohere in lyrical arrangements of topography and light. By Dr. Miya TokumitsuDonald T....
“The World Turned Upside Down” By Harrison W. MarkWriter and HistorianWorld History Encyclopedia Introduction The Treaty of Paris,...
Lincoln signed the bill for the medal into law. “It was a painfully thrilling moment,” William Pittenger...
Since 1953, the NDSM has been awarded at least four million times. The awards system of the...
The patriarchy isn’t some kind of “natural order of things”. By Dr. Ruth MaceProfessor of AnthropologyUniversity College...
Male supporters of crusading women reinvented themselves as dashing trophy spouses. The early rap on men who...
Today, the notion of the gaze is widely used in visual culture. Abstract In this theoretical context...
She was honored with statues commissioned by local communities. A Traveling Empress On a journey to Britain,...
Women had a definite role in various facets of social and political life. Introduction It was not...
Many were disturbed at women influencing power. On old floor plans, there is a spot in the...
Humans were hunter–gatherers for the vast majority of our existence. By Dr. David S. WhitleyPrehistoric Archaeologist and...
The civilization attained a high level of technical sophistication. Introduction An intricate statue, carved out of steatite...