US History

Who Invented Memorial Day?

Jim Downs | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Logan, u.s. History, Civil War, Culture, Memorial Day, Washington, South Carolina, U.S.A, Charleston, Americans, United States, U.S, Dc, African Americans, African-American Issues, Memorial Day Weekend, Politics News
Jim Downs

As America recognizes the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, we would do well to revisit the origins of Memorial Day among freedpeople in Charleston.

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How Would History Have Been Different if Richard Nixon Had Won the 1960 Presidential Election?

Quora | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Alternate History, u.s. History, History, President Nixon, American History, Richard Nixon, Nixon, Politics News
Quora

An interesting question for sure! This is the stuff that comes to mind, in no real order -- but really, after '76 all bets are off.

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Education in America Serves No Purpose Today

William E. White | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: We the People, American History, Standardized Testing, Thomas Jefferson, US Citizens, US History, Civic Education, American Citizens, Education News
William E. White

Americans have forgotten the reason why we educate children in America. As a result our children, schools, communities, and the nation are suffering.

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Re-Learning the Lesson of the United States

William Pierce | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Uzbekistan, Key West, Immigration, Uzbeks, US History, Cuba, US Cuba Relations, US Cuba Policy, Politics News
William Pierce

As we slowly move forward in addressing immigration policy, we must remember our stories because to do otherwise is to deny the lesson of America.

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Saying You Don't Remember Doesn't Mean It Didn't Happen

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: History, Immigration Reform, Bush Administration, Condoleezza Rice, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, George W. Bush, Immigration, US History, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plaintively wondered to the crowd, "I don't know when immigrants became the enemy." Immigrants became the enemy under your boss, George W. Bush.

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Historian Conspired To Steal Treasured Documents

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: History, Historian, Baltimore, Barry-Landau-Guilty, Document Theft, US History, Barry Landau, Baltimore Theft, Historical Documents, Theft, Arts News

BALTIMORE — A presidential historian, collector and author has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal documents signed by leaders throughout U.S....

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Was FDR Given Cocaine?

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: White House Physician, Roosevelt, Cocaine, Fdr, Pearl Harbor Attacks, Fdr Cocaine, Pearl Harbor, Cocaine Fdr, US History, Books News
Steven M. Gillon

While researching my new book I came across circumstantial evidence that FDR was treated on December 7, 1941, and perhaps on a regular basis throughout much of his presidency, with cocaine.

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Texas History Education Standards Slammed In New Report

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: History Education, Video, Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, History Exam, National Assessment of Educational Progress, US History, Social Studies Faculty Collaborative, Southern Poverty Law Center, Texas Public Schools, US History Education, Texas Schools, Texas History Education, US History Exam, Education News

A recent report says Texas K-12 standards in history are inadequate, ineffective and "fail to meet the state's college readiness standards," and the r...

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Immigration Nation

Ellen Siminoff | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: US History, Immigration, Statue of Liberty, Teaching History, Ellis Island, Illegal Immigration, Teaching Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Education News
Ellen Siminoff

With an issue that is clearly going to be a constantly prevalent one in our nation's future, as it has been in our past, how do we communicate this situation to the children in our schools without bias?

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Civil Rights Education 'Dismal' Across The Country

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: History Education, Civil Rights Movement, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Teaching Tolerance, White Supremacy, Splc, Teaching History, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights Lessons, Video, Education, Martin Luther King, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Schools, Common Core Standards, US History, Teaching Civil Rights, Rosa Parks, History Lessons, Souther Poverty Law Center, Education News

"Dismal." Likely not a word ever preferred in an educational setting, but the description the Southern Poverty Law Center found appropriate to ass...

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Historians Respond: Who Needs The Help?

Jim Downs | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: u.s. History, The Help Movie, Domestic Workers, The Help, Race, Kathryn Stockett, Race Relations, Civil Rights, Slavery, Culture News
Jim Downs

The Help has stirred up a controversy.

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WATCH: What Was The War Of 1812 About Again?

Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Video, United States History, College Humor War of 1812, American History, College Humor, US History, War of 1812, Jake Hurwitz, Comedy News

What was the war of 1812 about again? That is the subject of the newest parody from College Humor. Like something out of a middle school cram sessi...

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Tulsa's Ghosts of Leadership Past

Adrian Margaret Brune | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: u.s. History, Brady District, 1921, Tulsa-Race-Riots, This Land Press, Black Voices News
Adrian Margaret Brune

The American record that touts the pioneering spirit of men like W. Tate Brady is slowly being rewritten to include the preemptive subjugation, bigotry and ultimately, retribution toward blacks during post-Reconstruction.

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Why Did America Destroy Its Great Cities?

Frank Gruber | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: u.s. History, Urban Renewal, Urban History, Urbanism, American Cities, World War II, Demographics, Culture News
Frank Gruber

I don't suggest that there was a purposeful rationale, or even multiple rationales, to destroy the cities. The causes are more likely to have been social, cultural, economic and demographic.

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WATCH: If Students Fail History, Does It Matter?

CNN | Jacob Soboroff | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: History Education, Fourth Grade History, Education, Fourth Graders, American History, Civics, Abraham Lincoln, Civics Education, US History, Education News

Washington (CNN) -- If there's a student anywhere who would be able to answer a trivia question about President Abraham Lincoln, it would be on the ma...

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12 Fun 4th of July Facts From Michele Bachmann (VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: John Quincy Adams, Michele Bachmann, Fourth of July, u.s. History, Comedy News
Doug Molitor

Michele Bachmann's fans rewrote John Quincy Adams' Wikipedia page, so that it would agree with what she had said in a broadcast interview.

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Gone with the Wind: Gone in the Head

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Confederacy, Germany, Victoria Cross, Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind, William Faulkner, Confederate Flag, American Civil War, US History, German History, Atlantic Monthly, Yankees, National Socialism, Books News
Franz-Stefan Gady

Civil War re-enactors take heed. I have perfected the Rebel yell: Oweeeeeeyaaahhooooo!!! That's me after reading Yoni Applebaum's piece, "Confedera...

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Joy Resmovits

Few Students 'Proficient' In U.S. History

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Testing, United States Department of Education, Education News, u.s. History, History Education, Testing Policies, Education, Arne Duncan, Teaching to the Test, No Child Left Behind, Civics, National Assessment for Educational Progress, Education Reform, Studies, Education News

If you can identify one advantage American troops held over the British in the American Revolution, chances are you know more U.S. history than most e...

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Still Looking for Alexander

David O. Stewart | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Alexander Hamilton, u.s. History, Aaron Burr, Historical Documentaries, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, PBS Documentaries, Founding Fathers, Pbs, Documentary, Entertainment News
David O. Stewart

If good intentions and a lively imagination were all that counted, the documentary Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton would be a masterwork.

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SOTU and Sputnik: Economic Nationalism, Political Paralysis, and the Decline of the American Empire

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Economy, US History, Government Spending, Cold War, Democrats, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Soviet Union, Republicans, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

I haven't yet commented on Tuesday night's State of the Union address, nor on the Republican response, but, then, what more is there to say? TNR's Jo...

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6 Million African Americans And The U.S. Immigration Story

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. History, Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns, Blacks, American History, Civil Rights, African America, The South, The Great Migration, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Immigration, The Root, The North, The West, Jim Crow, Books News

Between 1915 and 1970, 6 million African Americans left the only homes they'd known in the American South in search of better lives and opportunities ...

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'Renegade History'

Thaddeus Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thaddeus Russell, American History, Organized Crime, American Gangsters, Renegade History of the United States, Thad Russell, American Organized Crime, US History, Gangsters, Slidepollajax, Mafia in America, Renegade History, Mafia, Books News
Thaddeus Russell

Imagine an America without jazz. Imagine an America in which alcohol is still illegal. Imagine an America without Broadway, Las Vegas, or Hollywood.

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First Nighter: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Is Bloody Awful

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Bernard Jacobs, Broadway, Broadway Reviews, Off-Broadway, Theater Reviews, Broadway Plays, US History, American History, NY Events, NY Culture, Arts News
David Finkle

To call Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson "sophomoric" is to flatter it. "Freshmanic" might be closer to describing its juvenile quality. Or maybe just plain "manic."

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What the Tea Party Is Really All About

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Conspiracy Theories, History, U.S. Government, Teabaggers, Conservatives, Paranoia, u.s. History, Founders, Frank Rich, Tea Party, Federalist Papers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

It is simply ridiculous to suggest that the Teabaggers are engaged in a "spirited defense of fundamental American principles." That's giving them too much credit.

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Why We Should Applaud ICE's Immigration Initiative

Philip Wolgin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Origins System, u.s. History, Backlog, Visa, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Francis Walter, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration and Nationality Act, Immigration Court System, Politics News
Philip Wolgin

Fixing immigration court waiting times helps not only to make the system run more smoothly, but also to lay the groundwork for much needed comprehensive change.

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