Organization of American Historians

(US) enact this policy? According to Office of the Historian, American diplomat George Kennan’s long telegram laid the foundation for the policy of containment, which the United States devoted itself to prevent the further expansion of communism by the Soviet Union. As a result, the United States enacted this policy through numerous strategies including the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). One of the strategies used by the United…

what constitutes justice and whether it is even possible to achieve justice given the magnitude of the claims from the Holocaust. Marrus utilizes the works of many historians like Michael Bazyler and Stuart Eizenstat, who focus on different aspects of Holocaust legacy as well as Holocaust era restitution. He uses these historians as a basis for both sides of multiple topics…

When examining the African American Civil Rights Movement from a historical perspective, historians and scholars have focused predominantly on the lives and influences of a few, celebrated characters. For example, early abolitionist advocates, such as Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass, and twentieth-century civil rights leaders Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. have received significant attention and justifiably achieved revered status among…

of economy while the North was almost forced to help through the churches need to provide sanctuary to the former slaves in the south. The “freedom” African-Americans received in the reconstruction era was conditional leaving southern African-Americans enslaved once more. While the Civil War’s overall motive was to the free the slaves historians, such as Edward J. Blum, have speculated and uncovered motives from both the North and South. Blum, Reforging the White Republic digs deep into the…

despair. “Apathy and Death in Early Jamestown” written by Karen Ordahl Kupperman in January 12, 2012. Karen Kupperman has achieved many success, to demonstrate, she has attained many awards from her writings. Kupperman has acquired the Organization of American Historians by the article. In the writing of “Apathy and Death in Early Jamestown”, provides an explanation of the numerous amount of deaths and extreme lack of apathy that the colonists has made clear of in Jamestown. Kupperman claims,…

Owning Your Own Body: The women’s movement for reproductive agency In Jennifer Nelson’s More Than Medicine, sociologist and historian Zakiya Luna explains that reproductive rights and reproductive justice are not synonymous (Nelson, 194). Additionally, reproductive rights are not exclusively bound to abortion, although 1970s and 80s white-based women’s movements made this their main platform. Reproductive rights emphasize a woman’s entitlement to choose what to do with her body, which includes…

trying to solve, the organization commonly turned to photography (“FSA Photographers 1”). The FSA sent pictures to numerous newspapers and publishing houses in an attempt to raise a certain kind of awareness of the ongoing conditions. The photos were supposed to bring about some governmental action to the increasing number of social ills. However, the organization quickly became a subject of substantial controversy. Was the FSA simply giving information, a reminder that Americans desperately…

This orthopedic movement became a social, economic, and a utilitarian political motive. This organization included relocating disabled soldiers back to their town and job of origin, thus creating social management of the nation at large. Moreover, the author showcases the re-education of the German public on the ideas of the disabled, their abilities…

The American Revolution was a unique revolution. Unlike the revolutions which followed it, like the French and Russian revolutions, the American Revolution did not end in tyranny. This defies the trend of history. Interestingly, there was also little provocation on the British side. In the history of revolutions, a people who have been downtrodden and abused for a long time will revolt, but it is usually after numerous and great injuries. The American Revolution seemed to spring from nowhere.…

I was in charge of applying funds, coming out with ways to fund raise for the club and people in need, and maintain the budget for the club. 2012-2013: Historian for Circle K International; joined Outreach for Culture Advancement (OCA): As the historian of the club, I was committed to be at different volunteering events to document photographs of the events. on the other hand, I also made a scrapbook (with pictures, and descriptions) that contains different…