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...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 16, 2021 | History News
Michael BurlingameHistorian Michael Burlingame, on his new book, The Black Man’s President: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, & the Pursuit of Racial Equality, which examines Lincoln’s treatment of black people and their reception of him. Douglass led the way...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 16, 2021 | History News
Terry MortAuthor Terry Mort on his new book, Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History, which covers the battle of Beecher Island between the United States Army and Cheyenne and Sioux warriors in 1868, which was a small battle that embodied...
