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Here’s the Catch: Pathway to the Majors

by Ron Swoboda

WCAG HeadingBy Ron Swoboda In Here’s the Catch, right fielder Ron Swoboda tells the story of…
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Celebrating Women’s History Month in 2021

by The History Reader

Wcag Heading Wcag Heading In 1981, Congress declared the week of March…
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Celebrating Black History Month in 2021

by The History Reader

wcag heading Black History Month was originally created half a century after…
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The Transformation of Christmas

by Judith Flanders

WCAG Heading While Christmas has transformed itself over the centuries, from a time for…
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John Lennon: Historic Man of the People and the Pied Piper of the Sixties Peace Movement

by Ken McNab

wcag heading wcag heading When the swirling crosscurrents of music and politics collide,…
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Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America

by Michael Eric Dyson

wcag heading wcag heading In 1963, Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out…
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The King of Ragtime

by Mariah Fredericks

WCAG Heading Author Mariah Fredericks sets the scene for her latest novel, Death…
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Dining on the Andrea Doria: A Look Back at Culinary Experiences Aboard the Glamorous Ship

by Greg King and Penny Wilson

WCAG Heading By Greg King and Penny Wilson Take a trip back to the 1950s with…
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The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: “A Living Testament to the Importance of Beauty in the Everyday World”

by Greg King and Penny Wilson

Wcag Heading By Greg King and Penny Wilson In The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria,…
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Frida Kahlo and the Case of the Devalued Woman Artist

Frida in America

by Celia Stahr

Wcag Heading  By Celia Stahr Today, Frida Kahlo is one of the most celebrated artists in…
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Cultural History

Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

The Escapes of David George Timeline

by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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Featured Excerpt: The Great Abolitionist

Southern Chivalry Argument versus Club's depiction, 1856.

by Stephen Puleo

The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published…
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Falling in Love with Texas’ Worst Town

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer

by Joe Pappalardo

From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…
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I Told You So!

Thomas Sydenham – English physician (1624–1689).

by Matt Kaplan

From Darwin to Pasteur to modern-day scientists, Matt Kaplan's I Told You So!…
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Five History Books Coming This March!

The History Reader Upcoming Books March 2026
From society belles teaming up with gun manufacturers to save America's birds in The Feather Wars…
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The Battle of Wounded Knee

Portrait of Sitting Bull taken at the studio William Notman & Son, in Montreal, Canada, in 1885

by Tom Clavin

Two weeks after the death of Sitting Bull, tensions were high between the…
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