Organization of American Historians

generation of Americans and those who fought the American Revolution but, as the title specifies, many who inherited it, those who had to figure out their parents daring advisory of liberty looked like on ground. Appleby explores business, politics, and family life, she examines this generation’s grapple with slavery, their involvement in biblical revivals. This novel is filled with data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of…

Jill Ker Conway grew up in an oscillating household, experiencing economic failure, personal tragedy, social isolation, and eventual financial success. A gifted student, Conway eventually fled Australia, citing psychological distress and professional stagnation. Conway’s upbringing was largely similar to a rural American girl in the middle twentieth century. Facing social limitations, economic hardship, and controlling parents, Conway received similar autonomy to female Americans. However, her…

Veterans of Foreign Wars is an organization that strives to be a leader in combating the issues veterans face. Since these shocking statistics, the VFW has implemented programs to combat homelessness…

interpretations depict the Klan as a political organization determined in its fight for political dominance over the Republican Party present during the era of Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan itself was racially motivated, using violence and aggression to regulate who could and who couldn’t hold positions of office. The Klan was a result of a political control issue between itself and members of the Republican Party which included a vast majority of newly freed slaves. Within the Republican…

understanding of the period. In their view, the long civil rights movement paradigm fails to account for the transformation in the African American consciousness that occurred in the late 1960s. What some long civil rights movement advocates would fail to realize, Cha-Jua and Lang suggest, is that ideology, discourse, and long range objectives matter as much, if not more, than the specific inequalities against which the activists struggle over the course of time. While we may not agree with the…

during different periods, many Historians, powerful individuals, and groups had a slanted viewpoint on slavery and the South. Some used their influence to persuade others, one such group was the UDC. The United Daughters of the Confederacy is an association of female descendants of Confederate veterans. The national organization was founded on September 10, 1894, in Nashville TN. Before the UDC was founded, several ladies’ associations worked through the South during the Civil War to supply…

After many trials and errors, Jamestown became the first successful colony in America. The effort put behind Jamestown was strong enough to support and develop the colony. However, such effort was not always put behind expeditions across the Atlantic. The Roanoke story demonstrates what insufficient interest and activity could lead to. The Roanoke settlement is a mystery which has boggled many historians for years, however, with our current knowledge and accessibility to information, historians…

Jim Downs is a 39-year-old assistant professor of history and interim director of the American Studies program at Connecticut College. As a historian, Jim Downs has spent much of his time learning about the Civil War, but it was his intention with his book Sick From Freedom to bring light to the darker history of the emancipation era in the United States, and more importantly, what he believes is the “largest biological crisis of the 19th century.” When people think about the Civil War, many…

a category of American religious history, African-American religious life and the history behind it has often forgotten or briefly summarized in most historians’ work. Prior to the 1970’s, most history written on African-American religion was vague, often just trivial paragraphs in textbooks and considered irrelevant to our nation’s religious history. But as time progressed, history was revisited to show African-American’s having a more prominent voice in America’s religious culture. One…

The Civil Rights Movement, a turning point for African Americans during the 20th century, has had many fabled contributions. Among these is the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense , which did much to gain popularity as a Black Power association that worked to change American society through revolutionary tactics. Some tactics, focused on improving the black community through service, protection from police, and through politics. The party aligns itself more so with Malcolm X’s revolutionary…