Cultural History

7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…

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Elvis and the Colonel

Elvis and the Colonel by Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill is a fresh biography of legendary…

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Mass-Observation and the Historical Mystery

by Allison Montclair

Allison Montclair's beloved Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery series is a fun read for…

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James Bevel and the Children’s March in Birmingham

by Paul Kix

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Project C, the ten-week campaign to end segregation in…

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5 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

by The History Reader

Women’s History Month is a time for us to take a moment…

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What Africatown Owes to the Harlem Renaissance

by Nick Tabor

It’s hard to believe that when Zora Neale Hurston started on her book Barracoon,…

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Fashion Goes Back to the Future

by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

Issey Miyake, the Japanese fashion designer who died in August 2022, was…

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Jackie Robinson: Shaking the Foundation

by Kostya Kennedy

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is a probing,…

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The Church of Aretha Franklin

by Michael Eric Dyson

For the last fifteen years of her colossal and regal existence, I…

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Allen Iverson: Pound for Pound

by Michael Eric Dyson

For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent…

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Cultural History

What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…

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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…

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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…

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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…

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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…

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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…

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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

by Tom Clavin

One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…

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Army Rangers on D-Day

by Tom Clavin

As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…

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Cultural History

7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

Elvis and the Colonel

Mass-Observation and the Historical Mystery

James Bevel and the Children’s March in Birmingham

5 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

What Africatown Owes to the Harlem Renaissance

Fashion Goes Back to the Future

Jackie Robinson: Shaking the Foundation

The Church of Aretha Franklin

Allen Iverson: Pound for Pound

Cultural History

What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

by Tom Clavin

Army Rangers on D-Day

by Tom Clavin

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