When Did Racism Begin? The Fractious Historical Debate Explained
Aug 19, 2022 · Historians of the medieval and modern periods disagree about whether documented prejudices in earlier eras are "racism" or whether the term necessarily implies modernity.
These 11 Speeches from the Last Two Centuries Changed the World
Dec 21, 2014 · FDR’s First Inaugural Address. Who: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt When: March 4, 1933 Why it matters: Amidst one of the most crippling economic crises in history, FDR wanted to forcefully ...
It's Time to Face the Whole Truth About the Atlantic Slave Trade
Aug 13, 2007 · “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley, Proper Studies, 1927. On June 21, 2007, the Freedom Schooner Amistad began an 18-month “Atlantic Freedom Tour” to ...
50 Years After the Paris Accords: How the US ... - History News …
Jan 29, 2023 · Ho Chi Minh City, 2022. On January 27, 1973 the United States officially ended its war in Vietnam by signing the Paris Peace Accords and withdrawing from a land where it had been involved in ...
The Expansion of Presidential Power Since 1973
May 26, 2019 · Nearly a half century ago, famed historian and scholar Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. published The Imperial Presidency.This path breaking work described the growing centralization of the executive ...
Hippies Won the Culture War — History News Network
Sep 27, 2015 · The Sixties counterculture, its beliefs and practices, its odyssey into the Seventies, and its many legacies as it became integrated into mainstream culture help explain the United States today.
Eric Rauchway: When and Why Did the Parties Switch Places?
May 20, 2010 · History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present.
Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South: An Interview …
Nov 5, 2017 · Robin Lindley is a Seattle-based writer and attorney, and the features editor of the History News Network (hnn.us). His articles have appeared in HNN, Crosscut, Salon, Real Change, Documentary ...
Why Was the Minimum Wage First Established? - History News …
Dec 13, 2016 · The minimum wage was conceived as a way to help bolster wageworkers and decrease class stratification. It was first introduced in the United States with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA).
Who Really Won the 1960 Election? — History News Network
November 8, 2010 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the presidential election of 1960, which still very much interests those who care about disputed elections.