Best-selling author Erik Larson to present “The Art of Being Fearless” Oct. 20 at American History Book Club

The talk will draw from Larson’s book, “The Splendid and the Vile,” published in 2020. Larson’s latest work of narrative nonfiction, and his sixth consecutive best seller, chronicles Churchill’s first year as prime minister of...

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Black troops who served in the Civil War could get Congressional medal

In a story in The New York Times, Holly Pinheiro, assistant professor of history and a specialist in the Black experience in the military from 1850 through the 1930s, described some of the struggles faced...

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America needs history and civics education to promote unity

In the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, and amid a climate of political polarization in the country, six former U.S. education secretaries get behind an education initiative aimed at restoring...

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