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Millicent Brown, left, was one of the first two Black students to integrate a South Carolina public school, in September 1963. AP Photo Roy Jones,
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Photograph of Marian Anderson singing at Lincoln Memorial, April 9, 1939. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. This month marks the
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I’m starting to work on the proposal for a book on Salem history to be published for the city’s 400th anniversary in 2026. This would be a joint
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James Madison’s Montpelier, Montpelier Station, Virginia Most of you by now will have learned about the events that have taken place at James
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What do place names mean? Whenever I’m walking around a town or city I look at the names of streets and spaces and assume that they are clues to
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What do place names mean? Whenever I’m walking around a town or city I look at the names of streets and spaces and assume that they are clues to
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Gaining a deeper understanding of our shared history can allow for healing. Terry Vine/The Image Bank via Getty Images by Quraysh Ali Lansana,
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This spring our staff is embracing renewed opportunities to work in person with patrons, colleagues, partners, and the general public. New COVID
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Kimberly Welch (Steve Green/Vanderbilt University) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has selected Kimberly Welch, a Vanderbilt scholar of American
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William & Mary (W&M) is home to several institutes, programs, projects, and places of public history and community engagement that support
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This post is written by Vann Evans, Audiovisual Materials Archivist. In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, perhaps no one exerted more
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Photo by Michael Bushnell By Michael Bushnell Tuesday evening, March 1, the University of Missouri – Kansas City’s (UMKC) Center for
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The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) invites individuals, public agencies, and private organizations to nominate historic
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Kimberly Welch, associate professor of history and assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a 2022 Dan David Prize. The
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The following is a guest post from Archives Processing Technician Mónica Hurd. Florence B. Price, cropped image from program, circa 1928. Box 5,