The Voting Rights Act 1965: Annotated
The passing of the Voting Rights Act in August 1965 prohibited the use of Jim Crow laws and discriminatory tests to disenfranchise Black voters.
The New Legacy of Casimir Pulaski
New findings reveal that the Polish war officer who aided the American Revolution may have been intersex.
The Dangers of Gone With The Wind‘s Romantic Vision of the Old South
Writer Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8th, 1900, at the beginning of a new century. Her novel Gone ...
Tracing Orphans in Your Ancestry
Modern-day DNA research is beginning to unlock longstanding mysteries regarding orphans.
The Voting Rights Act at 50
Passage of the act was paved by the sacrifices of Civil Rights activists, especially those who had recently put their bodies on the line at Selma, Alabama.
The American Revolution and Genealogy Research
The history of loyalists and rebels in the American Revolution and genealogy research.
Reading the Landscape
For the past two months, I have been on a researching road trip through the West and Southwest—Colorado, ...
Green Burial and the North-South Divide
Embalming practices were first introduced in the US during the Civil War to preserve bodies for transportation.