public history

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• SOURCE: Cambridge Blog
  1/8/20
  

  The 1619 Project and Bringing History to the People

  by Anne C. Bailey

  From my time as an undergraduate till my present position as a Professor of History at SUNY Binghamton, I have been frustrated that history seemed to belong to the few – the few who had made it their life’s work in the halls of academia, some of whom, as I was to learn, spoke more to each other than to the general public. 

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• SOURCE: Backstory Radio
  1/3/20
  

  American History Podcast Backstory to End Production This Year

  BackStory began in 2008 as a monthly radio show.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  12/5/19
  

  'Human, vulnerable and perfect': New Rosa Parks exhibit shines light on civil rights legend

  The Rosa Parks collection includes 140 years of family history and approximately 10,000 items, according to curator Adrienne Cannon.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/12/19
  

  Against Reconciliation

  by Adam Serwer

  The gravest danger to American democracy isn’t an excess of vitriol—it’s the false promise of civility.

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• SOURCE: City Lab
  9/24/19
  

  20 Sites That Tell the Story of American Women Compete for Grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express

  Twenty sites across the United States have been selected to participate in the 2019 competition for a piece of a $2 million grant.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  9/17/19
  

  Chronicling New York’s Muslim History

  Tours through Harlem and Wall Street, along with a new exhibition in Brooklyn, tell all-but-forgotten stories.

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• SOURCE: NCPH
  9/11/19
  

  Jim McGrath on Podcasts and Public History

  by Jim McGrath

  "This post is a reflection on my ongoing experiences with podcasts as a listener, creator, and collaborator."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/8/19
  

  As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back

  “We’re at a very polarized, partisan political moment in our country, and not surprisingly, when we are in those moments, history becomes equally polarized."

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• SOURCE: NCPH
  8/29/19
  

  National Council on Public History Launches "The Inclusive Historian's Handbook"

  The handbook is a co-sponsored living digital resource designed to center inclusivity, diversity, equity, and public service in public history work.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/28/19
  

  Washington Post Publishes Five Essays On What Isn’t Being Talked About When Schools Teach Slavery and Features Prominent Historians

  Featuring the work of historians Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Leslie M. Harris, Walter Johnson, Daina Ramey Berry, and Andrés Reséndez. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/20/19
  

  It's time the public had a share in the past again

  by Diána Vonnák

  What we can learn about heritage-based urban renewal from Lviv, Ukraine. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/23/19
  

  Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America

  by Kelley Fanto Deetz

  Conservative characterizations oversimplify the complex history of the slave trade and discourage important conversations about, and an understanding of, American history. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/26/19
  

  Hungary’s Orban hopes a rabbi can save his country’s controversial new Holocaust museum

  Initially, a Hungarian official spoke of a museum that would highlight the "story of love between Hungarian Jews and non-Jews. A love that has survived everything. As a result of which there is still a large Hungarian Jewish community living in this country." The premise was decried as Holocaust revisionism by historians and museum professionals worldwide.

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• SOURCE: Humanities Indicators
  Accessed 8/22/19
  

  Visits to historic sites rising in U.S.

  Read the latest report from Humanities Indicators!

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/13/19
  

  Help the New York Times Create a Walking Map of Women's History

  Researchers estimate that women’s stories make up just 0.5 percent of recorded history. 

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  8/21/19
  

  USA Today Announces Crowd-Sourcing Black History Project

  USA TODAY is asking readers to share what they know about their family history with our journalists in 2019.

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• SOURCE: NY Times Magazine
  8/14/19
  

  1619 Project: New York Times Magazine Publishes Special Edition Dedicated to American Slavery and Its Legacies

  The powerful collection includes essays by historians, poets, columnists, a variety of academics, and more.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/7/19
  

  The Increasing Popularity of Hotel Historians

  Part reference librarian, part gossip columnist, the hotel historian has become an increasingly popular figure in high-end hotels or inns with actual history. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  https://www.apnews.com/33adc66aee4c40cea19d6049bb6
  

  'History on a stick’ signs disappearing too fast to keep up

  Hurricanes, thievery and wrecks are taking out North Carolina's popular historical highway markers faster than the state can keep up.

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• 7/7/19
  

  Jimmy Carter, Public Historian

  by Evan A. Kutzler

  The work that the Carters do at the local level meets the National Council on Public History's inclusive definition of the field: "public history describes the many and diverse ways in which history is put to work in the world."