by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 5, 2020 | History News
Shirley Ann Higuchi, JD, is the associate executive director of legal and regulatory affairs for the American Psychological Association and the chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.The daughter of two former Heart Mountain incarcerees, Dr. William I. Higuchi...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 1, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH COO Like many of my colleagues in the history field, I chose to be a public historian because I love getting to connect others to the past and help them understand the present. I also chose it because I hate math and my undergraduate degree...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 28, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis If you cannot find the road, then you make a new one. ―Simon Conway Interpretation is not information; it is provocation. ―Freeman Tilden At present, history organizations are increasingly faced by what Ronald Heifetz in Leadership Without...
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...
