News Introducing Emily McCormick, the 2018 Department of Defense Schools History Teacher of the Year Emily McCormick DoDEA History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories have...
News “Freedom Vote” v. Voter Suppression in Mississippi, 1963 From the Gilder Lehrman Collection: Voting and Obstructions to It in 1963 The Gilder Lehrman Institute recently acquired a collection of civil rights documents, including the two discussed here. In the summer of 1963, the Student...
News Susan B. Anthony Fights for Voting Rights for Women in 1882 From the Gilder Lehrman Collection: A Call to Arms from Susan B. Anthony Building on the women’s suffrage materials in the Collection, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has recently acquired an impassioned letter from the foremost advocate...
News Introducing Laura LaChappelle, the 2018 Georgia History Teacher of the Year Laura LaChappelle Georgia History Teacher of the Year Since 2004, 749 exemplary American history teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in all fifty states, Department of Defense schools, Washington DC, and US territories...
News Immigration in Historical and Contemporary Context: An Interview with HISTORY NOW Contributor Jane Hong One of the featured writers in the Fall 2018 issue of History Now is Jane Hong, an assistant professor of history at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Her first book, Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America...
News Renowned Columbia Professor and Friend of Gilder Lehrman Andrew Delbanco Releases New Book about the Fugitive Slave Act Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University, a distinguished historical writer, a friend of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and a past Teacher Seminar lead scholar, has released his...