History Now Essay The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority Madeline Y. Hsu Government and Civics, World History The United States harvested a bumper crop of good immigrants in 1955. About 1,000 highly educated Chinese gained citizenship, including acclaimed scientists, professionals, and entrepreneurs such as the architect I. M. Pei, the... Appears in: 65 | Asian American Immigration and US Policy Winter 2022
Video: Book Breaks Paul Escott - "Black Suffrage: Lincoln's Last Goal" Government and Civics Paul D. Escott is Reynolds Professor (Emeritus) of History at Wake Forest University. Order Black Suffrage at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you...
History Now Essay Indians in the United States: Movements and Empire Sherally K. Munshi Until the turn of the twentieth century, there were relatively few restrictions on international migration. European imperialism and settler colonialism were sustained by mass migration—both the “free” migration of European settlers... Appears in: 65 | Asian American Immigration and US Policy Winter 2022
History Now Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin Race and national origin, writes History Now contributor Madeline Y. Hsu, “have been the main determinants for legal immigration and citizenship.” Nowhere is this more evident than in the record of discrimination faced by Asians... Appears in: 65 | Asian American Immigration and US Policy Winter 2022
News 2022 Winter Newsletter 2022 has been a momentous year at the Gilder Lehrman Institute. Among the new programs for teachers launched this year, the Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium brought teachers from all over the country together to take courses in...
News Inside the Vault: Black Enfranchisement and Education Selected Gilder Lehrman Collection Items on Exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum Join us on Thursday, January 5, 2023, from 7 pm to 8 pm ET as our curators discuss documents from the exhibition Fighting to Learn: Black...
Video: Book Breaks Catherine Ceniza Choy - "Asian American Histories of the United States" Geography Catherine Ceniza Choy is a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Order Asian American Histories at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Black Enfranchisement and Education: Selected Gilder Lehrman Collection Items on Exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On January 5, 2023, our curators discussed documents from the Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition Fighting to Learn: Black Enfranchisement and Education in the Gilder Lehrman Collection . They were joined by Dr. Jesse Erickson,...
News Watch MA Students and Staff Discuss the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History The application deadline to register for Spring 2023 courses in the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History is January 26, 2023. Please watch this informative recording of the past week's open house to hear teachers...
Video: Book Breaks Kostya Kennedy - "True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson" Art Kostya Kennedy is the editorial director at Dotdash Meredith and a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated . Order The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every...
News Classroom and Parent Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day On the third Monday of every January, the United States celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the iconic Baptist minister and activist who became one of the most well-known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. The first...
News Meet Five Student Advisory Council Members Created in 2014, the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Student Advisory Council is a diverse group of high-achieving students in grades 8–12 with an interest in history. At monthly meetings, the Council provides valuable feedback on the...
News New History U Course for High School Students: Capitalism in American History The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U lets high school students explore American history with top scholars—completely free of charge. Explore the latest addition to the History U catalog. Capitalism in American History Led by David...
Video: Book Breaks Erin Kelly and Patsy Rembert - "Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir to the Jim Crow South" Art Erin Kelly is a professor of philosophy at Tufts University and Patsy Rembert is a youth advocate and the wife of the artist Winfred Rembert. Order Chasing Me to My Grave at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...
About page The Gettysburg College-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Sets K-12 Educators on a Path of Career Advancement New York, NY, January 20, 2023 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College offer an affordable, fully online master’s degree program—led by renowned, award-winning historians—that brings together the...
Program/Event Traveling Exhibitions | Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality > Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality features an exploration of the full trajectory of Douglass’s epic life from 1818 to 1895. In this traveling exhibition, viewers can learn about Douglass’s...
News The Gilder Lehrman Institute Welcomes Bryn Canner as Director of Development The Gilder Lehrman Institute is delighted to welcome Bryn Canner as Director of Development. Bryn Canner has been working in the nonprofit sector for twenty years, devoting the majority of her career to education organizations seeking...
Video: Book Breaks Ty Seidule - "Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Lost Cause" Geography Brigadier General Ty Seidule, US Army (Retired), is the Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College and Professor Emeritus of History at the United States Military Academy at West Point Order Robert E. Lee and Me at the Gilder Lehrman...
News Career Advancement Stories from the MA in American History The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College offer an affordable, fully online master’s degree program—led by renowned, award-winning historians—that brings together the leading non-profit American history...
Video: Book Breaks Jacob Soll - "Free Market: The History of an Idea" Economics Jacob Soll is a professor of philosophy, history and accounting at the University of Southern California. Order Free Market at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
About page Announcing the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists New York, NY, February 1, 2023 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Elizabeth D. Leonard , Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life ...
News Announcing the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Elizabeth D. Leonard , Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (University of North Carolina...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Benjamin Franklin Art, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On February 2, 2023, our curators discussed Benjamin Franklin’s copy of the US Constitution and Jean-Antoine Houdon’s bust of Franklin. They were joined by Liz Covart (Founding Director, Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios) and...
News Learn to Teach the Full Civil Rights Movement at the GLI Teacher Symposium The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to return to Gettysburg College for our second annual Teacher Symposium from July 16 to July 19. We highlight here one of the seven exciting courses offered: The Civil Rights Movement: Teaching...
News The Declaration of Independence of Peter Timothy: Printer, Prisoner, and Patriot Every Independence Day, amidst the barbeques and fireworks, millions of Americans recall the start of our nation and the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence who declared the freedom of the thirteen colonies from...
Program/Event Hamilton Education Program The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to partner with the producers of Hamilton on the Hamilton Education Program. The Hamilton Education Program is part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s broader mission to improve the teaching and...
Program/Event Hamilton Education Program Online The goal of the Hamilton Education Program Online is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g., a song, rap, poem, or scene) following the model...
News Five Lessons for Frederick Douglass’s Fifth of July Speech Frederick Douglass, who had escaped slavery in 1838, delivered an address commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the Ladies of the Rochester Anti-Slavery Sewing Society on July 5, 1852. The...
News Add Your Own Post to These Excellent #mygli25 Teacher Posts! Teachers, students, administrators, scholars, history buffs! We would love to hear your story! In honor of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s 25th Anniversary , we are gathering as many GLI tales as we can and then sharing them on...
News Gilder Lehrman Interns Explore Campaigns for and against Impeachment of Richard Nixon Today, the many ways Americans can easily voice our political opinions can make it hard to imagine a time when there were no such instantaneous options. Signing an online petition, posting an article to Facebook, or sharing a hashtag...
History Now Essay Adella Hunt Logan: Suffragist and Educator Adele Logan Alexander My new book, Princess of the Hither Isles , traces the life of my paternal grandmother, Adella Hunt Logan, who’s intrigued me for as long as I can remember. During my childhood, she felt like a major presence in my life. Not only was... Appears in: 54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
News Study the Lives of the Enslaved with Daina Ramey Berry, 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalist In 2018 Professor Daina Ramey Berry was one of four finalists for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation (Beacon Press). She...
News Study the Civil War through the Letters and Diaries of Soldiers and Nurses with Dartmouth Professor Robert Bonner Professor Robert Bonner, Professor of History, Department Chair, and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor in Biography at Dartmouth College, offers unique perspectives on the Civil War—the perspectives of men and women who participated in the...
History Now Essay The Heart and Soul of Fannie Lou Hamer, An Extraordinary African American Leader Earnest N. Bracey Government and Civics Fannie Lou Hamer was born October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi, to Ella and James Lee Townsend (her sharecropping parents), who taught her to never quit in her endeavors-a creed she tried to live by her entire life. Of... Appears in: 54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
History Now Essay The Persistence of Ida B. Wells: Reform Leader and Civil Rights Activist Kristina DuRocher In an 1892 speech, Ida B. Wells told her audience, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” [1] She lived these words, determinedly and vocally confronting every social injustice she encountered. Wells (1862... Appears in: 54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019
News Summer 2019 Teacher Seminars Follow American History around Country and Beyond June 16–22 Thirty-four K–12 teachers attended New Orleans and the History of the American South at the Historic New Orleans Collection led by Pamela Tyler, Associate Professor of History (retired), University of Southern Mississippi,...
History Now Essay Ten Ways to Teach Rosa Parks Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin Adapted and reprinted with permission from The Nation [Issue of December 1, 2015] On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus and was arrested. Her courageous action galvanized a yearlong community... Appears in: 54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019
History Now Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin When the newly elected female members of Congress posed for their pictures in 2018, most chose to stand in front of the portrait of Shirley Chisholm. Chisholm, who served from 1969 to 1983, was not only the first African American... Appears in: 54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019
News Summer 2019 Teacher Seminars, Weeks and 4 and 5 Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars offer teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources. Teachers...
Video: Book Breaks R. Isabela Morales - "Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom" Economics, Geography R. Isabela Morales is a historian who currently serves as the editor of the Princeton & Slavery Project at Princeton University. Order Happy Dreams of Liberty at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission...
News AJHS's Gemma Birnbaum on Sponsorship of the Making Modern America Teacher Seminar In our twenty-ninth year offering Teacher Seminars , the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is very pleased, once again, to welcome the sponsorship of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) for Making Modern America:...
News Classroom and Parent Resources for Presidents' Day Presidents’ Day, celebrated on the third Monday in February, recognizes the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, ten days apart from each other. We offer many classroom and home study resources for learning more, not...
News Asian American and Pacific Islander Historical Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute We celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month by offering these GLI resources. Inside the Vault Videos Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is a free monthly online program that highlights...
Video: Book Breaks Ilyon Woo - "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom" Foreign Languages, Geography Ilyon Woo is a writer whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe and the Wall Street Journal . Her research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society. Order Master Slave...