American History
Modern Day Native Americans: A Story of Survival and Sovereignty
By Daniel M. Cob, PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Since the advent of colonialism in the late 15th century, Native Americans […]
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Native American History: Changing the Narrative
For a very long time, non-Indians wrote as though Native American history began in 1492—set in motion, of course, by the so-called discovery of the New World. Let’s examine both the consequences of that narrative and the creation of new narratives that challenge it. […]
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The Scandalous History of Baseball
Join a forensic scientist to dive into the long and sordid history of drug use in America’s favorite pastime. […]
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American History: The Very First American Colonies
The first colonies planted by the British along North America’s Atlantic seaboard were organized, staffed, and supported as private commercial ventures, not by an imperial plan. For decades after the first colonies were established, the king and the Church of England were largely content to neglect them. […]
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The Boston Tea Party and the Beginning of the American Revolution
Well before the infamous Boston Tea Party, unrest in Boston grew so common that in September of 1768, two British infantry regiments were landed to keep order. For the next 18 months, those bewildered redcoats did nothing but unintentionally antagonize Bostonians. […]
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Studying American History: Buffalo Bill and the Wild West
Few people defined the machismo of America’s “Wild West” more vividly than William Cody—known better as Buffalo Bill. How much of his story is true? […]
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Separate but Equal: Jim Crow’s Legacy of Racial Inequality in America
The case of Plessy v. Ferguson began in 1890, when the Louisiana legislature passed the Separate Cars Act. This law stated, “No person shall be permitted to occupy seats in coaches, other than the ones assigned to them on account of the race they belong to.” […]
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Western Violence, Law, & Order—How Wild was the Wild West?
In this lecture, Professor Patrick Allitt explores the rise of vigilante justice, racial prejudices, and class conflict in America’s Wild West. […]
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Aaron Burr—The Villain Who Killed Hamilton
No one could claim a more distinguished intellectual lineage in the Founders’ generation than Aaron Burr, the grandson of Jonathan Edwards. And no one in the Founders’ generation could claim to be a more wicked person. […]
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Aaron Burr after the Duel—Treason in Early America
Not satisfied with going down in history as the man who murdered Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr—Vice-President under Thomas Jefferson—went on to commit even more dastardly deeds. […]