by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 21, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
Little Rock Central High School, now a National Historic Site. By Michelle Moon, 2021 AASLH Program Chair The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2021 Annual Meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 22-25. This meeting will...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 15, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
The word “sankofa” and its bird symbol from West Africa represent the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future. By Crystal Hurd, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives Well, well, well. What have I gotten myself into? “Museum...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 15, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Albert Camus’s 1947 novel The Plague, set in Oran, Algeria, seems to anticipate our experience of the pandemic and its attendant crises: unemployment, economic collapse, natural disasters, social protest, violence, and a contentious...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 15, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
By Katerin Collazo, Baylor University As a first-time attendee to an AASLH Annual Meeting, I was honored to be a recipient for this year’s Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity. Currently, I am a second-year graduate student in Baylor University’s Museum Studies...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 15, 2020 | History News
Tom Clavin is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper and web site editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps...
