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Across the country, American history has been under an unprecedented attack. From the suppression of curricula in classrooms to political assaults on museums and the deliberate erasure of archival records, the essential spaces where our nation’s story is told are being challenged like never before.
In the face of this onslaught, OAH has only deepened our work and strengthened our commitment to advocate for our profession and to advance the scholarship, teaching, and public presentation of U.S. history.
— Debbie J. Goldman, OAH member, historian, and author
Responding to the Urgency of this Moment
The OAH has issued or endorsed 14 advocacy statements and calls to action, decrying censorship and promoting honest and evidence-based history. These have responded to executive orders on “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling” and on “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” defended history at our National Parks, condemned the politically-motivated White House review of the Smithsonian, denounced attacks on academic freedom, and called for the preservation of federal funding sources.
The OAH is on track to preserve hundreds of voices of federal workers and contractors through the Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project, preserving history as it is unfolding and perspectives that might otherwise be lost. The History, Archives, and Records Preservation Project (HARPP) is working to safeguard at-risk records and to ensure that evidence-based history interpretation at our historical and cultural institutions continues.
We are building and strengthening our community of historians by hosting member forums, advocacy write-ins, and webinars. Through our participation in national coalitions with allied organizations we advance and amplify shared goals. OAH’s Contingent Faculty Bill of Rights and Employment Standards, and our Best Practices in Defense of Academic Freedom continue to advance essential professional standards and principles.
The Journal of American History continues to set the standard for excellence in U.S. history research and writing, publishing cutting-edge historical scholarship that advances in the discipline. The American Historian, Process: a Blog for American History, and the JAH Podcast provide teaching resources, historical commentary on contemporary events, and resources for professional development.
— Clarence (Jeff) Hall Jr., OAH member and Associate Professor at Queensborough Community College
Join Us on Giving Tuesday
On Giving Tuesday, we ask that you consider making a gift to support the OAH to help us sustain and expand our work at this critical time. Together, we will continue to strengthen the field and fortify the spaces where history is taught, studied, and shared.
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