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An Archive of Anticolonialism and State Surveillance: Tracing Early South Asian American History
In September 2012 in Stockton, California, the gurdwara, a house of worship for people of the Sikh faith, commemorated its one-hundred-year anniversary with the opening of the...
Men on White Horses
by Susan Ronald There’s a chapter in my new book, Hitler’s Aristocrats, titled “Men on White Horses” which I feared might be cut by my commissioning editor. Why? Well, strictly...
5 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
by The History Reader Women’s History Month is a time for us to take a moment to appreciate all the incredible achievements of women across the globe. This month, we’re...
The Reports of Leonora Barry, Knight of Labor: Chronicling Women Workers in the Gilded Age
This piece is a response to our recent Call for Submissions: Histories of Labor in the U.S. For our submission guidelines, click here. The sweat and struggles of Gilded Age women...
What Africatown Owes to the Harlem Renaissance
by Nick Tabor It’s hard to believe that when Zora Neale Hurston started on her book Barracoon, which would turn out to be one of the greatest achievements of her illustrious...
The Liberal Party of New York and Independent Labor Politics
This piece is a response to our recent Call for Submissions: Histories of Labor in the U.S. For our submission guidelines, click here. Many Americans might be surprised to learn...
A Secret Agent’s Pride
by John Lisle The Dirty Tricks Department by John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch and its role in World War II. Their inventions...