Highlighting the first instance of federal troops being called out to quash labor unrest
Joshua D. Rothman
Anthony Burns and the Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act
“We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
The Curious Origins of the Dollar Sign
Introducing Oliver Pollock and his unintended legacy
The Ten Women of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted
Recounting the stories of ten of American’s most dangerous women
The Civil Rights Division and the Fight for Equality under the Law
Has the Civil Rights Division long been a target of conservatives?
Robert Charles and Jim Crow Violence
Police Harassment and Racial Violence in Segregated New Orleans
Third Party Voting and the 1844 Election
Voters Determined to End Slavery Instead Reinforced It
Opening Day in Baseball History
Celebrations Are Nearly As Old As Professional Baseball
Joyous Kwanzaa: A Holiday Born of Afrocentrism and Black Nationalism
Kwanzaa provides time for contemplation and appreciation of an ancestry that the dominant culture generally downplays or ignores.