The Indian Removal Act of 1830 is deeply rooted in early American history. In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, Claudio Saunt, author of the book Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory (W.W. Norton, 2020), joins us to discuss the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and how Native Americans in the southeastern part of the United States were removed from their homelands and resettled in areas of southeastern Kansas and Oklahoma. [Read more…] about History of the Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Suffrage Virtual House Party With Marguerite Kearns
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Peace Action New York State — one of the largest peace activist groups in New York — has announced a Virtual House Party on March 19th with author and activist Marguerite Kearns, who will discuss her soon-to-be-released book, An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (SUNY Press; June, 2021). [Read more…] about Suffrage Virtual House Party With Marguerite Kearns
The Boston Massacre: A Family History
Is there anything more we can know about well-researched and reported events like the Boston Massacre?
Are there new ways of looking at oft-taught events that can help us see new details about them, even 250 years after they happened?
Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women’s Activism
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Tara McCarthy PhD’s book Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women’s Activism, 1880-1920 ( Syracuse University Press, 2018) explores the contributions of a small group of Irish American women in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era who emerged as leaders, organizers, and activists. [Read more…] about Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women’s Activism
Suffragist Kearns Family Is Subject Of Forthcoming Book
An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (SUNY Press, coming in June 2021) covers the life of a reporter and activist during a tumultuous time in American history — the early women’s rights movement. [Read more…] about Suffragist Kearns Family Is Subject Of Forthcoming Book
George Washington & Slavery at Mount Vernon
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George Washington’s life has been scrutinized by historians over the past three centuries, but the day-to-day lives of Mount Vernon’s enslaved workers, who left few written records but made-up 90 percent of the estate’s population, have been largely left out of the story.
In her book The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon (Univ. of Virginia Press, 2019), Mary Thompson offers the first comprehensive account of those who served in bondage at Mount Vernon.
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Historic Crimes of Long Island Virtual Program
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Kerriann Flanagan Brosky’s book Historic Crimes of Long Island; Misdeeds from the 1600s to the 1950s (History Press, 2017), features crimes such as the East Hampton witch trial of 1657; the tar, feathering, and murder of Charles Kelsey in 1872; the kidnapping of Alice Parson in 1937; and more.
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It’s a Helluva Town: Roberta Brandes Gratz Virtual Author Talk
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Roberta Brandes Gratz’s book It’s a Helluva Town: Joan K. Davidson, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the Fight for a Better New York (Bold Type Books, 2020) looks back at key moments in New York City’s development, starting with the history of the J.M. Kaplan Fund and its role in shaping the city from the Second World War to the present. [Read more…] about It’s a Helluva Town: Roberta Brandes Gratz Virtual Author Talk
Long Crisis: New York City’s Path to Neoliberalism
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Newspaper headlines beginning in the mid-1960s blared that New York City, known as the greatest city in the world, was in trouble. They depicted a metropolis overcome by poverty and crime, substandard schools, unmanageable bureaucracy, ballooning budget deficits, deserting businesses, and a vanishing middle class. By the mid-1970s, New York faced a situation perhaps graver than the urban crisis: the city could no longer pay its bills and was tumbling toward bankruptcy. [Read more…] about Long Crisis: New York City’s Path to Neoliberalism
‘Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game’ Virtual Discussion
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Stanford University’s Another Look Book Club is set to host a virtual discussion of William Kennedy’s Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist’s 1978 novel about a pool hustler and poker player during the 1930s, on Friday, February 26th. [Read more…] about ‘Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game’ Virtual Discussion