The history of theAmerican Westis never complete without the tales of the many Americans who first lived on these vast lands. Here, you’ll find summaries of manychiefs, heroes, warriors, and medicine men that history records as significant in the United States’ westward expansion. Though thou...
Before bemoaning that Asian Americans are seldom “shown as heroes in the sweeping arc of the American story, or as change-makers who battled systemic injustice and advanced the cause of civil rights,” one would do well to remember that Asian Americans constituted less than0.5 percent of the...
There have been many iconic figures in the Black history of Virginia’s Blue Ridge, both for the impact made on our local and regional communities, as well as legacies and influence felt around the nation and entire world.The contributions of African Americans to the history and growth of ...
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by Matthew Dennis (bio) Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials . By Michael Kammen. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Pp. xi, 260. $25.00 cloth) To paraphrase Mark Antony's clas...
Carter also wrote nearly three dozen books, on politics, history, philosophy and faith. He even co-wrote a book with his wife, Rosalynn, "Everything to Gain," a collaboration that proved to be the greatest test of their 77-year marriage. He also taught Sunday School classes, and in his...
“I intend to be the most pro-union president leading the most pro-union administration in American history,” Biden said at a White House meeting in September 2021 that brought together ordinary workers, labor leaders and government officials. He has expressed this intention many times, sometimes...
Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials (review) As Kammen notes, notable Americans have not always died in desirable or convenient places. In times predating the modern technologies of preservation and rapid transportation, it often proved impossible to transfer the mortal ...
Cressman,Dale - 《Journalism History》 被引量: 3发表: 2009年 The Book of Unknown Americans This is a New York Times Notable Book of 2014. We had been planning our life here for so long. Filling out papers, hoping, praying, waiting. We had all of our dreams pinned on this place, but...
Books and reading have contributed to the success of generations of Americans, many of whom have had distinguished careers and have left their mark on history. While the accomplishments of these notable Americans are well known, their adventures with books and reading are less familiar. Some have...
15 million new jobs in just three years – a record, a record. Unemployment at 50-year lows, a record 16 million Americans are starting small businesses, and each one is a literal act of hope. Biden likes to say former President Donald Trump had the worst jobs record since the Great ...