by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 6, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Adda M. Santos, Somerville High School, Somerville, MA Attending the AASLH Annual Conference in Little Rock was an amazing experience! From the time I arrived in Little Rock to the time I left, I felt it was a privilege to be there. This year I was a...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 1, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
Photos courtesy of Monticello/Tom Daly.By Melanie Bowyer, Manager of Digital Media and Strategy at Monticello, Charlottesville, VA, and AASLH Educators and Interpreters Committee The Monticello Teacher Institute (MTI) is an immersive professional development...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 30, 2021 | History News
Jon Grinspan, PhD, is Curator of Political History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He is the author of the award-winning The Virgin Vote: How Young Americans Made Democracy Social, Politics Personal, and Voting Popular in the 19th Century. He...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 30, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Dr. Jacqueline P. Hudson, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH As one of the recipients of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals to attend AASLH’s 2021 conference, it was a great experience attending informative sessions,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 23, 2021 | History News
Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie, PhDJeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie, PhD, historian and author on his new book, Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade, which discusses the successful revolt of slaves being transported from Richmond, VA to...
