Tag: History

  • The Geography of Freedom (18 June 2026)

    [LLM Report] In the conventional historiography of the mid-twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement, the American North is routinely visualized through a stark urban lens. Academic and popular accounts focus heavily on industrial centers—the tenements of Harlem, the factory corridors of Chicago, the public transit systems of Detroit, or the deeply segregated wards of Newark. In these…

  • The Arena: Race, Ritual, and the Imperial Campus in the Atlantic World (11 June 2026)

    [LLM Report] To approach the rolling, affluent expanse of Pennsylvania’s Main Line is to encounter alandscape deliberately engineered as an architectural fortress against the urban realities of theAmerican democratic experiment. This geography—carved out of late-nineteenth-centuryrailroad capital and upholstered in the comforting, stone-hewn aesthetics of Gothicrevivalism—presents an aesthetic of timeless, insular virtue. At its spiritual and…

  • Absolute Americanism (31 May 2026)

    The deep origins of the paramilitary actions by state and federal police have roots in the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey. Absolute Americanism: The Spatial, Educational, and Institutional Legacy of Whiteness in New Jersey (1920–2026) Introduction: The Myth of Northern Exceptionalism The popular understanding of white supremacy in the United States routinely suffers from…

  • Shifting Landscapes: Global Launch (1 April 2026)

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Shifting Landscapes in a virtual panel discussion with museum staff and our national team of historians. Join us for a panel and Q&A to celebrate the launch of our new virtual tour of Gallier House, Shifting Landscapes: Slavery and the Built Environment! Featuring members of the museum staff…

  • Defending Minnesota (27 January 2026)

    When you hear about the first shooting, the initial reaction tells the story about what happens next. Do you freeze? Do you run? Do you stand up? For me, after hearing about Renee Good’s murder on January 7, I checked with groups of local leaders and activists for their assessments. Almost everyone was stunned, but…

  • Teaching US History since 1970 (11 January 2026)

    Historical perspective challenges anyone who attempts it. A Chinese historian has told me that the last five centuries are too brief to be considered history. A few colleagues have debated if it is appropriate to use datasets about the era of the Second World War because so many people have memories from the years between…

  • Love America? Teach the Truth! (10 January 2026)

    On Saturday, January 10, 2026, the American Historical Association hosted its Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a panel of distinguished educators featuring Jessica Ellison (National Council for History Education), Jennifer Baniewicz (Amos Alonzo Stagg High School), Julian Maxwell Hayter (University of Richmond), and Amy Godfrey Powers (Waubonsee Community College), and Annie Evans (New American…

  • Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)

    Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)

    An endowed chair is a singular recognition of a scholar’s work in the academy. To earn one at the most distinguished institution for the teaching of liberal arts in service to the defense of human rights marks an unparalleled achievement. Then, within two months, the key text in defending critical race theory and Afrofuturism won…

  • The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The following transcript was the basis for Distinguished Professor Walter D. Greason’s report on the work of the “History of Slavery”, “Faith and Black Resistance”, and “Economic Justice” committees for the New Jersey Reparations Council, a project of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Our colleagues in presenting the history of enslavement in New…

  • Peace in the Twenty-Second Century: An Afrofuturist History (20 February 2025)

    Peace in the Twenty-Second Century: An Afrofuturist History (20 February 2025)

    PEACE IN THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY: An Afrofuturist History Professor Walter D. Greason, Ph.D. Welcome and thank you to the amazing people who could join us here tonight. This day started in early September 1978. My parents, David Harlan and Wilma Ham Greason, made everything possible. This presentation is dedicated to their memory. History is a…