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I Am a Respectable Person

by Jack Kelly

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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

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This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven fantastic books highlighting the amazing feats of women,…
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Elvis and the Colonel

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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

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by Allison Montclair

WCAG Heading Allison Montclair’s beloved Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery series is a fun read…
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James Bevel and the Children’s March in Birmingham

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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

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WCAG HeadingWCAG Heading Women’s History Month is a time for us to take…
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What Africatown Owes to the Harlem Renaissance

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by Nick Tabor

WCAG Heading It’s hard to believe that when Zora Neale Hurston started on her…
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Fashion Goes Back to the Future

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by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

dd Issey Miyake, the Japanese fashion designer who died in August 2022, was…
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Jackie Robinson: Shaking the Foundation

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by Kostya Kennedy

WCAG Heading True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is…
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The Church of Aretha Franklin

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by Michael Eric Dyson

WCAG Heading For the last fifteen years of her colossal and regal…
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Cultural History

The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War

Painting of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos. National Portrait Gallery (London). Public domain.

by Jack Kelly

In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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Three New History Books to Read This January

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With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've…
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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

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by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …
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Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

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by Tilar J. Mazzeo

In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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