Historians in the News

This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  3/25/19
  

  Justin Rose's New Book explores how Martin Luther King Jr. transformed the Christian notion of service into a politically salient concept

  Dr. Rose’s book aims to fill an important gap in the literature on Martin Luther King Jr. by exploring King’s notions of political service.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  Accessed 3/26/19
  

  Margaret MacMillan, History Professor Emeritus at Oxford University, Gives Warnings from history for Brexit Britain

  She warned that after Brexit, England could go back to the way it was in the 15th Century.

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  3/23/19
  

  The Historian Who Thinks Donald Trump Is a Movie Hero

  A new book argues Trump is the modern-day equivalent of a gun-toting cowboy riding into town to help inept lawmen and rescue damsels in distress.

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• SOURCE: UVAToday
  3/22/19
  

  In Memoriam: Joe Miller, Ground-Breaking Historian

  “Joe was instrumental in establishing non-Western fields in the department and in fostering the study of African history internationally."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/22/19
  

  The Women Highlighting Women's History in Feminist Travel Guides

  For Women’s History Month, honoring the sisters in the City of Brotherly Love.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  3/25/19
  

  Smithsonian’s “Double Exposure” photo book series depicts black Americans championing their lives through photography

  For Turn-of-the-Century African-Americans, the Camera Was a Tool for Empowerment

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• SOURCE: NPR Codeswitch
  3/21/19
  

  The Student Strike That Changed Higher Ed Forever

  50 years ago, studying the history and culture of any people who were not white and Western was considered radical.

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• SOURCE: Labor and Working Class History Association
  3/25/19
  

  Aline Helg on her newly translated book, Slave No More

  Helg describes what examining self-liberation from a continental perspective—beyond the confines of a particular country—teaches us about slavery and liberation.

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  3/13/19
  

  Medgar Evers' home established as a national monument in Jackson

  “Medgar and Myrlie Evers are heroes whose contributions to the advancement of civil rights in Mississippi and our nation cannot be overstated,” U.S. Sen Roger Wicker said in a statement. 

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  3/13/19
  

  MIT Historian Kate Brown Alleges United Nations Scientific Cover-Up Of Death And Disease Toll From Chernobyl

  In her new book, Dr. Brown alleges that scientists and officials representing the United Nations, the Red Cross, and the World Health Organization covered up evidence that hundreds of thousands of people died from radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/17/19
  

  Atlanta’s Civil War Monument, Minus the Pro-Confederate Bunkum

  A new exhibition of a gigantic painting uses historical fact to dispel Lost Cause mythology.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/18/19
  

  In the age of distraction, one small publisher keeps local history alive in sepia tones

  For more than two decades, one small publisher far from New York has been quietly rescuing remnants of history from the flames of oblivion. 

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• SOURCE: History Extra
  3/18/19
  

  Historians Weigh In: Are we returning to an age of political extremes?

  Seven leading historians assess whether we are witnessing the dawn of a new era of extremism.

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• SOURCE: The Red and Black
  3/19/19
  

  Studying secret society: Alisa Luxenberg explores history of Freemasons with help of Special Collections Libraries

   Luxenberg is developing a course on the history of Freemasonry, focusing on Freemasons in Georgia and the Athens area.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/12/19
  

  John Richardson, Art Historian and Picasso Biographer, Is Dead at 95

  A celebrated raconteur, Mr. Richardson was described by W magazine as “the man all New York wants to sit beside at dinner."

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• SOURCE: Diverse Education
  3/1219
  

  Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham: Shaping a Legacy Through History

  “History, for me, is a way to talk not just about the past, but to use the past for inspiration, for information, for a lot of different things,” says Higginbotham.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/13/19
  

  Vietnam’s Communist Party Ousts Historian Who Criticized Its China Policy

  The historian Tran Duc Anh Son said that Vietnam has irrefutable claims to islands in the South China Sea that China claims as its own.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  3/8/19
  

  Historians Keisha N. Blain and Daina Ramey Berry Featured in Politico Article on the Biggest Problems Women Face Today

  The historians were featured alongside Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and more. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/12/19
  

  The Missouri Museum That Churchill Built

  The exhibition focuses on Churchill’s journey, but it builds context through immersive galleries of World War I trenches, the rise of fascism in Europe, and the London Blitz.

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• SOURCE: CSU History Department
  3/13/19
  

  WATCH LIVE ONLINE: From Silent Sam to Phnom Pehn: Monuments and Memorials in History and Myth

  Information on a live online history lecture. Watch on March 13th!