Organization of American Historians

We are now accepting submissions for our 2027 awards! Submit yours today: https://ow.ly/Scwm50ZweCX

On this day in 1964, the bodies of three missing civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were found in Mississippi. They had been murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. For more on civil rights histories, read Allison Mashell Mitchell’s “’Slow Work, Respectful Work’: Grassroots Organizing during the Civil Rights Movement,” from the archive of The American Historian. https://tinyurl.com/3jjnduwz

New post alert! Shakia Gullette Warren discusses the MONUMENTS exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, arguing that it showed how “confederate objects, long used to glorify the myth of white supremacy, can instead serve as tools of reckoning that help us tell an honest story of America and build toward a democracy worthy of the next 250 years.” https://tinyurl.com/hyzt3fea

Today is the birthday of Maggie Kuhn, an elder rights activist and the leader of the Gray Panthers. Interested in more on histories of old age and the elderly? Check out Paula S. Fass’s “How the Old Can Learn from the Young,” from the archive of The American Historian. https://tinyurl.com/yzb7sxbk

Listen to OAH Executive Director Beth English on NPR's Morning Edition, where she discusses the White House's EO directing warning signs be placed outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Listen: https://ow.ly/fOp950ZvNIf

We are experiencing a delay with the print issue of the JAH. Access the online version and explore articles on a covered-up U.S. Army massacre of Filipino prisoners, the multifaceted nature of the attacks on universities, and the upsurge in interest in collaborative research for Native Nations and contemporary tribal governments:

Journal of American History Read articles on the Lone Star Bag & Bagging Company strike and how health-focused rhetoric came to influence incarcerated people, as well as book and digital history reviews.

Looking for more US History at 250 speakers? Book OAH Speaker Terry Bouton whose latest talk is based on his forthcoming book (spring 2027), titled "American Monarchists: The Founders who Betrayed the Revolution." https://www.oah.org/lectures/lecturers/terry-bouton/

Read Part 2 of "We Keep Us Safe Minnesota Communities Resist Operation Metro Surge" only on the HARPPing on History Substack:

We Keep Us Safe Minnesota Communities Resist Operation Metro Surge, Part 2: The Resistance

Another OAH panel debrief episode is available now! Listen to Nicole Greer Golda, Kelly Marino, Marie Stango, Maxine Wagenhoffer, and Dana Wiggins discuss creative approaches to teaching women’s, gender, and sexuality histories. https://www.oah.org/podcasts/jah-podcast/

Just 50 days until Constitution Day! Now is the perfect time to start planning a Constitution Day program that inspires meaningful conversations about the history, interpretation, and ongoing significance of the Constitution.

Bring an expert historian to your campus, library, museum, or community by booking an OAH Lecturer. Our speakers engage audiences with presentations on constitutional history, democracy, civil rights, the Supreme Court, and more.

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