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A brief history of border walls – from 2,000 BC to Trump’s Mexico wall
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As US president Donald Trump presses on with his plans to build a multi-billion-dollar wall along the border with Mexico, historian David Frye …
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Archaeology
The British-Irish Dialect Quiz
The New York Times
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer 25 questions to see your own custom dialect map.
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The man who tried to assassinate Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria survived multiple assassination attempts during her reign. Perhaps one of the most well known occurred on 10 June 1840, when the …
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Love in Georgian times
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Sally Holloway explores the nature of courtship, love and marriage in 18th-century Britain, highlighting the similarities and differences to the …
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Equal
The top 15 presidents according to historians
INSIDER - Emmanuel Ocbazghi
• Historians always seem to agree that Abraham Lincoln was the best US President.• As part of C-SPAN's third Historians Survey of Presidential …
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The Case for Applied History
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Can the study of the past really help us to understand the present? In An Autobiography, published in 1939, R.G. Collingwood offered an arresting …
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The Complex Role Faith Played for Japanese-Americans in Internment Camps
smithsonianmag.com - Peter Manseau
When Yoshiko Hide Kishi was a small girl, her parents farmed Washington’s fertile Yakima Valley, where Japanese immigrants settled as early as the …
Smithsonian
History Colorado Holds Early Screening Of ‘The Green Book’
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DENVER (CBS4) — History Colorado Center hosted a panel discussion of the Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary, ‘The Green Book: Guide to Freedom.’ …
The Wall Street Journal.
Pizza
Historian Challenges Lombardi’s Pizza Primacy
The Wall Street Journal. - Charles Passy
Chicago researcher points to evidence that pizza was introduced in New York City before Lombardi’s Call it a slice of culinary controversy. Peter Regas, a Chicago researcher with a pizza focus, is attempting
Seton Hall University
Walsh Gallery Director to Present at College Art Association Conference - Seton Hall University
shu.edu - By Julia Mills
The Director of the Walsh Gallery, Jeanne Brasile, will travel to New York City this month to present at the College Art Association (CAA) Annual …
Black History
Liberator Magazine and Black Activism: An Author’s Response
aaihs.org - By Christopher Tinson
This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect Let me start by first thanking Pete Beveridge, Cynthia A. Young, Hasan …
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Museums
Where to learn more about the buffalo soldiers in the Pacific Northwest
seattletimes.com - Crystal Paul
To learn more about the buffalo soldiers and their history in the Pacific Northwest, check out these museums, along with online resources. Local …
Jenny Quinlanadded this to Art and Antiquity
Pompeii
Stunningly preserved fresco of Narcissus discovered in Pompeii
The Guardian - Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Archaeologists working in a richly decorated house in ancient Pompeii have discovered a stunningly preserved fresco depicting the mythological hunter Narcissus enraptured by his own reflection in a pool
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Carnal
Bad habit: historians find record of nun who faked her own death to pursue 'way of carnal lust'
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Historians at the University of York have uncovered the tale of a 14th-century nun who escaped from her convent by faking her own death to follow “the way of carnal lust”. A letter hidden away in medieval
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Archaeology
Pompeii: Narcissus fresco uncovered by archaeologists
BBC News - BBC World
Archaeologists in Pompeii have announced their latest find on Valentine's Day - a fresco of Narcissus, who loved only himself. Pompeii, an ancient Roman city in Italy, was buried under volcanic ash when
Donald Trump
Trump Misses Mark … Only Ranks Third In List Of (Worst) Presidents
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Reprint from moronmajority.com In the latest Siena College Research Institute survey, Donald Trump is ranked the third worst president of all time …
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Black History
The Black Press and the Legacy of Liberator Magazine
aaihs.org - By Lowell Beveridge
This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect As the Editor of Liberator for the first four and a half years of its …
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A brief history of historians responding to open access
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Karin Wulf and Seth Den”bo write: “In a Scholarly Kitchen post earlier this week, Lisa Hinchliffe summarized some basic themes in the thousands of pages …
Ilhan Omar
HonestReporting Invites Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to Israel
honestreporting.com - Emanuel Miller
Following Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s recent antisemitic outburst on Twitter suggesting that AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs …
HBCUs
The Latest: Delegate: Impeachment push sparked criticism
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on scandals involving Virginia's Democratic leaders (all times local): 3:15 p.m. A Virginia lawmaker says he's been …
Black History
The Transformation of Black Politics in the Liberator Magazine
aaihs.org - By Cynthia Young
This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect Christopher Tinson’s Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black …
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Military History
The Forgotten Story of the American Troops Who Got Caught Up in the Russian Civil War
smithsonianmag.com - Erick Trickey
It was 45 degrees below zero, and Lieutenant Harry Mead’s platoon was much too far from home. Just outside the Russian village of Ust Padenga, 500 …
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Opinion (UK)
The woman who had a lesbian church ‘wedding’ in 1834 – and whose diaries turned everything historians knew about sex on head
inews.co.uk - Dr Kate Lister
In 2018, the small medieval church of the Holy Trinity, just behind Goodramgate in York, was awarded a blue plaque by the York Civic Trust to …
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Elementary Education
Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts: “It was a time of great violence and cruelty – but beauty too”
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It's the final week of the British Library's major Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition (it ends on 19 February 2019). With visitor numbers exceeding …
Caucasus
Historians tell about the modern impact of Turkmenchay Treaty
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The Turkmenchay Peace Treaty of 1828 divided the territory of historical residence of Azerbaijanis among Russia and Iran; and the subsequent actions …
Black History
Black Radicalism in the Tumultuous 1960s
aaihs.org - By Hasan Kwame Jeffries
This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect In Radical Intellect, Christopher M. Tinson writes “a political and …
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Science
How a Love of Flowers Helped Charles Darwin Validate Natural Selection
smithsonianmag.com - Erin Zimmerman
Mention of Charles Darwin, for most, conjures up images of intrepid Victorian sea voyages, giant tortoises and Galapagos finches. Few of us associate …
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Latin America
In Venezeula, Maduro Accuses U.S. Of Imperialism. History Says He's Not Wrong
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused the United States of imperialism for its support of opposition leader Juan Guaidó. There is context …
Documentaries
Struggle & Hope
worldchannel.org - By Kari Barber
Following the Civil War, all-Black towns emerged in what is now modern-day Oklahoma. By 1905, Black families seeking to make a new start, enjoy …
Florida
USF historians seek to unravel mystery behind roulette wheel
tampabay.com - www.tampabay.com
TAMPA — For decades, the device sat locked inside a storeroom of artifacts at the University of South Florida library, a mystery to the Special …