News History U Offers New Course on Frederick Douglass for High School Students The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U offers free, graduate-level American history courses with top scholars for high school students. NEW COURSE! The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass with Professor David Blight In this...
History Now Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin In this final issue of 2010, History Now offers readers a selection of the latest interpretations of the Civil War era by four leading historians. These essays remind us that this critical moment in the history of our nation continues... Appears in: 26 | New Interpretations of the Civil War Winter 2010
News Announcing the Winners of the 2018–2019 Civil War Student Essay Contest The Gilder Lehrman Institute received a record 873 submissions for the 2018–2019 Civil War Student Essay Contest. Judges Kevin Cline (2016 National History Teacher of the Year and Indiana History Teacher of the Year (HTOY)), Kevin Dua...
History Now Essay The Slave Narratives: A Genre and a Source David W. Blight Economics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The autobiographies of ex-slaves in America are the foundation of an African American literary tradition, as well as unique glimpses into the souls of slaves themselves. The roughly sixty-five to seventy slave narratives published in... Appears in: 2 | Primary Sources on Slavery Winter 2004