The Treaty of Paris 1783: Annotated
The end of Revolutionary War hostilities between the United States and Great Britain came on October 19, 1781, with General Cornwallis surrendering to the Continental Army in Yorktown. While the...
Reading for LGBTQ+ History Month
...larger Black queer print media network. Harvey Milk’s Gay Freedom Day Speech: Annotated Liz Tracey June 13, 2022 Five months before his assassination in 1978, Harvey Milk called on the...
Andrew Jackson’s Speech on the Indian Removal Act: Annotated
On September 27, 1830, the United States government and the Choctaw Tribe signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first of what would ultimately be almost seventy treaties that...
Voting in American Politics: A Syllabus
...early films, but suffragists well recognized the importance of movies in getting their message out. The Voting Rights Act 1965: Annotated Liz Tracey August 26, 2022 The passing of the...
Richard Nixon Redux
...how much we still don’t know about Watergate and the Nixon Administration The Pardon of President Nixon: Annotated Liz Tracey September 8, 2022 President Ford’s unconditional pardon of Richard Nixon...
Reading for Juneteenth
...when it has real-world consequences. “What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?”: Annotated Liz Tracey July 4, 2023 On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a Fourth of...
An Editor Bids JSTOR Daily Farewell
...cocaine provided a willing workforce for our capitalist economy. Now, Americans are turning to ADHD medications. Stuck in the Midden with You Liz Tracey January 5, 2020 A midden is,...
The Federalist No. 1: Annotated
In May 1788, the second volume of what would come to be called The Federalist Papers, a collection of both new and previously printed essays written to sell the ratification...
Webster’s Dictionary 1828: Annotated
Sometimes, a dictionary is more than just words and definitions—it may be intended to serve as a declaration of linguistic independence. When Noah Webster’s first edition of the American Dictionary...
Missouri Compromise of 1820: Annotated
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was neither the first nor the last time the men of American government “compromised” on the issue of slavery, and the freedom of more than...