In May of 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, finding segregated schools “inherently unequal.” One year later,…
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On this day, we are pleased to post this essay by Lucas Morel, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at…
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For the past year, Teaching American History’s webinars have been about the presidential election. Last spring, we broke down the presidential…
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Bill of Rights day—December 15—commemorates the day in 1791 when the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights,…
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Teaching American History is excited to announce the release of our latest core document volume, the second edition of Free Speech. …
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Sojourner Truth died on November 26, 1883, aged 86. Yet reports of her death began circulating decades earlier. Abolitionists and women’s…
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“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,”…
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When Deputy Provost Marshall Silas Soule left his home late in the evening of April 23, 1865, to investigate reports of…
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Every presidential election year revives questions about our system of voting through the Electoral College. Teachers tell us that students find…
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The polls and pundits say this presidential election will be a close one, perhaps decided by a few thousand voters in…