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Rachel L. Swarns - "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church"

Religion and Philosophy

Rachel L. Swarns is a journalism professor at New York University and a contributing writer for the New York Times . Order The 272 at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...

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Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, and Thanksgiving, 1608-1621

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy, World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Special Topics in History: Introduction to World War II Portraits of Service | Summer PD 2024

An Introduction to World War II Portraits of Service Date and Time: August 6, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET Register Now About This Session In this session, Professor Michael S. Neiberg (Professor of History and Chair of War...

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Eddie Glaude Jr. - "We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures)"

Government and Civics

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an American academic, author, and pundit. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Order We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For...

History Now Essay

American Jewish Origins, 1654-1820

Hasia Diner

Religion and Philosophy

A year after his inauguration as president, George Washington visited the Newport, Rhode Island Jewish Congregation, Jeshuat Israel, in 1790. He went in response to a letter he had received from the leaders of that synagogue as well...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

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Fergus M. Bordewich - "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction"

Government and Civics

Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of eight highly praised previous books, including Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America . Order Klan War at the Gilder...

History Now Essay

Alexander Hamilton and the Civic Status of Jews in the Early Republic

Andrew Porwancher

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

“I fear prepossessions are strongly against us,” Alexander Hamilton confided to his beloved wife, Eliza. “But we must try to overcome them.” That day, February 5, 1800, marked the beginning of a high-stakes trial in which Hamilton...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

History Now Essay

Exiles by the Streams of Babylon: Newport Jews in the Colonial Era

Michael Hoberman

Newport, Rhode Island, wears its colonial past like a badge of honor. Visitors to its historic district encounter numerous plaques, markers, and monuments as they wend the town’s narrow and cobblestoned streets. As contemporary...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

History Now Essay

Jewish Athletes and the Challenges of American Sports

Jeffrey S. Gurock

The world of American sports has long offered the athletically inclined Jew with grand opportunities for achievement, acceptance, and even glory within this country’s society. But the road to success on the track, in stadiums, or in...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

History Now Essay

Hometown Societies in the New World: Jewish Landsmanshaftn and Americanization

Daniel Soyer

Religion and Philosophy

Jacob Sholts, a Jewish immigrant from the Russian Empire, wandered dejectedly through the streets of New York in 1904. Sholts, who had fled Russia to avoid military service during the Russo-Japanese War, could not keep a job. He felt...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

History Now Essay

The Jewish Health Professionals of Cincinnati

Frederic Krome

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

In studies of the significance of the Cincinnati Jewish community within the wider context of American Jewish history, the development of the Reform movement, and Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise’s oversight in establishing the iconic Plum...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

History Now Essay

The Jewish Imprint on American Musical Theater

Elizabeth Wollman

Art

Long celebrated as one of the most quintessentially American of entertainment genres, Broadway musicals delight audiences with glitz, glitter, and polish; send them home with at least a glimmer of hope; and celebrate America’s promise...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

History Now Essay

The Role of Jewish Americans in the Civil Rights Movement

Cheryl Greenberg

American Jews played an outsized role in the Civil Rights Movement, both in number and prominence. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Rabbi Joachim Prinz spoke at the 1963 March on Washington. Of...

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71 | The Jewish Legacy in American History Summer 2024

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David Chrisinger - "The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II"

World History

David Chrisinger is the executive director of the Harris Writing Workshop at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. He is the author of Public Policy Writing That Matters . Order The Soldier’s Truth at the Gilder...

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Alan Taylor - "American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873"

World History

Alan Taylor is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Order American Civil Wars at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the...

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Economic and Financial Crises in American History, Part 1

Economics, Government and Civics

10, 11, 12, 13+

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Economic and Financial Crises in American History Day 2

Economics, Government and Civics

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Using Visual Images to Teach Colonial History

Art

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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Lincoln and Wales

Government and Civics, World History

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Jim Crow and the Fight for American Citizenship

Government and Civics

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Great Biographies: African American Scientists

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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Reflections on the History of Environmental Health and Sustainability

Economics, Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Government and Civics, Literature

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Q&A

Government and Civics, Literature

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An Overview of Key Moments in the Separation of Powers and the Supreme Court; Federalism and the Two Court Systems

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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