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Pro-Democracy Movement: Where To, From Here?

On the sixth anniversary of her daily “Letters From An American,” I posted on historian Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack along with more than 2000…

Sep 17 •

Remembering Hattie Williams and ‘The Help’

By Kathy Buie Vance

Sep 16 •

Close-knit Neighbors and Their Stories

We knew everyone in town, up through the 1970s

Sep 16 •

Malcom X: A Remarkable Life and Afterlife

CBS Sunday Morning, May 2025: “This month marks the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, the charismatic and defiant Black leader who electrified America with…

Sep 16 •

‘Our Kind of People’: Upper-Class African Americans During the Gilded Age

Some of the wealth was lost during the Great Depression

Sep 16 •

William F. Buckley: Father of ‘Movement Conservatism’. How Liberals Misunderstand Conservatives

CBS Sunday Morning: “William F.

Sep 15 •

Charlie Kirk, Fearless Debater. Friend of Democrats

Helped explain why Harris lost the 2024 election

Sep 14 •

Lack of Empathy Inspires Violence

The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while speaking to college students in Utah on September 10, 2025 suggests the U.S.

Sep 12 •

Lessons From the Attic

When the world seems scary, out of control

Sep 10 •

Andrew Jackson Vs. History

Mock trial for crimes against humanity

Sep 9 •

Prof. H.W. Brands on Andrew Jackson & The Troubled Birth of Democracy

+5 essays on Old History

Sep 9 •

Jon Meacham on ‘American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House’

Historian Jon Meacham in 2008 published American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. It received rave reviews. The first chapter can be downloaded…

Sep 9 •

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