Tag: writing

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…