Looking at the rioters in Baltimore, or any other place, in isolation misses the point.
April, 2015
The First Inauguration
In lower Manhattan a statue marks the site where George Washington took the constitutional oath of office to become president of the United States on April 30, 1789.
The Tenth Man on the Field…or Above It
April 28 is the 50th anniversary of one of the strangest episodes in the history of broadcasting: the day an announcer broadcast a game within the field of play.
“A Jury of her Peers” and the Dilemma of Difference
Susan Glaspell won her place in American history by demonstrating that sexual differences matter, that women could not protect themselves from abusive husbands unless they could sit on juries.
America and the Armenian Genocide
April 24, 2015 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the twentieth century, and a horrific event that still has repercussions for American foreign policy today.
The Story of Fashion Icon and Entrepreneur Lilly Pulitzer
Long lines greeted shoppers who headed to Target stores on Sunday looking for Lilly Pulitzer-designed clothes and homeware.
“Religious Freedom” Laws and a Longstanding Battle within American Christianity
In the wake of Indiana’s passage of its controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, much of the national debate has focused on the conflicts between American Christianity and other national ideals, but it is important to contextualize the law as part of a longstanding conflict within American Christianity
Following Johnny Reb’s March Home
Lawrence Taliaferro’s civil war should have ended on very familiar ground when he crossed the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg shortly after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House. Instead Taliaferro was struck by the drastic changes to the landscape.
The Day After: Andrew Johnson Sworn in as President
President Lincoln’s death meant that Vice President Andrew Johnson had to be sworn in as the nation’s new president. And the transition from Lincoln’s presidency to Johnson’s provided a retrospective of Lincoln’s life.
John Wilkes Booth’s Other Victims
Nearly every American knows that John Wilkes Booth murdered President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865. Was Abraham Lincoln the only casualty that night?