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Introducing Christopher Raso, the 2018 Arizona History Teacher of the Year

Christopher Raso Arizona History Teacher of the Year Award Winner 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...

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Introducing Martene Campbell, the 2018 Arkansas History Teacher of the Year

Martene Campbell Arkansas 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...

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The National History Teacher of the Year 2018 is Joe Welch

Meet Joseph Welch, 2018 National History Teacher of the Year Joseph Welch is a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has been the curriculum chair and project...

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Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 1963

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

On the morning of September 15, 1963, Denise McNair (age 11), Addie Mae Collins (age 14), Cynthia Wesley (age 14), and Carole Robertson (age 14) were killed when nineteen sticks of dynamite exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist...

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Civil Rights Leader C. Herbert Oliver Recalls His Report on the Bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in 1963

Just five days after the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963, Reverend C. Herbert Oliver wrote a report on Birmingham in the form of a letter, circulated nationwide on behalf of...

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Announcing the 2018 History Teacher of the Year: Joseph Welch

PITTSBURGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER JOSEPH WELCH NAMED 2018 NATIONAL HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR __________ Award Sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Among Most Prestigious for History Educators NEW YORK, NY ...

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Cathal Nolan Wins Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

Winner of the Fifth Annual Prize Announced Award Program on Monday, November 26, 2018, at the New-York Historical Society New York, NY, September 19, 2018 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that Cathal...

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Introducing Daniel Jocz, the 2018 California History Teacher of the Year

Daniel Jocz California 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...

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Fall 2018 Newsletter

A Message from President Jim Basker Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I am pleased to present an exciting new edition of the Gilder Lehrman Institute Newsletter, which will come to you three times...

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Catching Up on Affiliate Schools with Education Department Coordinator Daniel Pecoraro

The Education Department: Daniel Pecoraro Daniel Pecoraro is an education program coordinator at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Affiliate School Program, a...

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Kennedy, Nixon, and Eisenhower Write to Jackie Robinson about Civil Rights

Jackie Robinson and the Presidents The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has acquired a fascinating collection of correspondence from Presidents Nixon, Eisenhower, and Kennedy to baseball legend and prominent civil rights...

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US Immigration since 1850: A Statistical and Visual Timeline

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Introducing LeAnn Cassidy, the 2018 Connecticut History Teacher of the Year

LeAnn Cassidy Connecticut 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...

History Now Essay

From the Editor

Carol Berkin

Welcome to the sixth issue of HISTORY NOW. I am pleased to announce that HISTORY NOW was recently selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities for inclusion on EDSITEment (http://edsitement.neh.gov) as one of the best online...

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6 | Lincoln Winter 2005

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Introducing Javier Ergueta, the 2018 Delaware History Teacher of the Year

Javier Ergueta Delaware 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...

History Now Essay

Immigration Policy, Mexican Americans, and Undocumented Immigrants, 1954 to the Present

Eladio Bobadilla

Government and Civics

In 1953, a pamphlet ominously tilted What Price Wetbacks? circulated widely throughout the American Southwest. Its authors warned that a “wetback invasion” was underway, one that posed “a threat to our health, our economy, [and] our...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018

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The History of US Immigration Laws

#52 Fall 2018

History Now Essay

The 1965 Immigration Act: Opening the Nation to Immigrants of Color

Tom Gjelten

Government and Civics

Americans might think their country has always been open to all, but until 1965 people who were not white or did not come from northern or western Europe were not welcomed as immigrants. Only with the passage that year of a new...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute presents Joe Welch with the 2018 National History Teacher of the Year Award

On October 10, 2018, in the Grand Ballroom at the Yale Club in New York City, Joseph Welch of North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, PA was formally presented with the 2018 National History Teacher of the Year Award. At the event,...

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Immigrants and the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

Terri Diane Halperin

Americans were on edge in the spring and summer of 1798. War and revolution were raging in Europe; Ireland was rebelling against England; and France was continuing its attacks on American ships. Although the Jay Treaty, which went...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018

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2018 Library Affiliate Program Grants Announced

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce another successful round of the Library Affiliate Program Grant. Gilder Lehrman Library Affiliates across the country applied for a $400 grant to host one K–12...

History Now Essay

The Dillingham Commission and the “Immigration Question,” 1907−1921

Robert Zeidel

Government and Civics

The Dillingham Commission played a pivotal role in the formation of American immigration policy, notably the establishment of general exclusion as an overarching principle. Created by Congress in 1907 as a compromise between...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018

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“In the Name of America’s Future”: The Fraught Passage of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act

Maddalena Marinari

Government and Civics

Senator Patrick McCarran (D−NV) was seething after Congress renewed the 1948 Displaced Persons Act in 1950. Incensed, McCarran wrote to his daughter: “I met the enemy and he took me on the DP bill. It’s tough to beat a million or more...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018

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The History of US Immigration Laws: What Students Should Know

Jane Hong

Government and Civics

The history of US immigration laws can be boiled down to a single question: Who gets to be an American and who does not? This question encompasses who can immigrate to the country, who can stay, and who can become naturalized. We...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018

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Expelling the Poor: The Antebellum Origins of American Deportation Policy

Hidetaka Hirota

Dehumanizing insults to foreigners, aggressive enforcement of immigration law by overzealous officials, and tragic family separation routinely appear in immigration-related news in the United States today. At the center of the present...

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52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018