White citizens in the South organized a “Massive Resistance” campaign against integration. A Segregated Society An 1896...
History
De facto segregation continues today because of both contemporary behavior and the historical legacy of de jure...
Slavery was abolished over 150 years ago in the United States, but the hard work of achieving...
Introduction From the start of European expansion into the Atlantic world, Britain fought other powers for territory...
The worldwide movement against slavery (still not entirely eliminated) can be seen as a coming of age...
Almost all peoples have been both slaves and slaveholders at some point in their histories. Introduction Various...
Colonial powers through the ages have been masters of appropriating the native cultures of foreign lands, waiting...
The doctrine of “state action” is integral to American Constitutional law. Originally published by CALI eLangdell Press...
In some cases, the explicit goal of these technologies is to deny opportunities to those deemed unfit....
While the creature’s name remained simple, its reputation soon grew extremely complex. This article, The Beast of...
Elizabeth I engage in a memorable invention of herself as a legend in her own lifetime. Introduction...
In Cicero’s Rome, the government eventually came under the control of a well-trained ruling class. Introduction As...
Rome’s ordinary magistrates and promagistrates successfully carried on all Roman campaigns, without the need for a dictator,...
Archibald Motley painted African Americans having a good time. Archibald Motley (1891–1981) was born in New Orleans...
There is something of Walter Isaacson in the people he writes about. If the great values of...
The Civil War divided Americans into two kinds of people. David W. Blight tells an amazing story...
The evolution of a reformer. Sometimes a book can change a life. In December 1859, a copy of...
Doomsday, 1433. In York, after dark. A red curtain. Painted stars. Actors in hoses, wigs, and two-faced...
Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death. The Epic of Gilgamesh has been read in...
The United States Constitution has two important features that are vital in the consideration of its First...
Most political information still originates in the mainstream media, which are being transformed by new forms of...
From marriage and sexuality to education and rights, looking at attitudes towards gender in 19th-century Britain. Introduction...
During the nineteenth century, the dress of men differed markedly from that of the previous century. Introduction...
The affair is sometimes referred to as the Great Schism, but this term is typically reserved for...
The division between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy, fueled by the imperial Great Interregnum, persisted until...
The German city-state was run by merchant families who put trade and economy above residents’ welfare. As...
The wide dissemination of the disease was brought about by the poor sanitary conditions of the city....
Empires in the Indian subcontinent shared intertwined histories with principalities to the west such as the Greeks...
Gardens were an important feature of ancient life and most houses had gardens filled with practical plantings....
Agricultural activities in rural Lebanon date back to Phoenician times. Introduction Traditional Lebanese handicrafts are considered to...