"War of Rights" gameplay screen image courtesy of Steam Surfing YouTube the other night, I came across video footage of the Civil War PC game "War of ...
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern civil rights era. ...
The views expressed in this blog post are my own and do not represent the National Council for History Education, with which I am currently serving as a ...
Amputation of wounded limbs was not new but reached somewhat of a high point in the Civil War. The Minie ball, in particular, was notorious for shattering ...
I received these photos from Deena Collins Aucoin this Memorial Day morning. The first is of Chalmette National Cemetery in New Orleans. The second is ...
Cap and Ball is at it again, this time to answer a question that often comes up about Civil War rifles. Did the addition of a bayonet have any effect on ...
An important session on the civil rights of citizens and residents in the United States, of the Muslim community in particular, the importance of these ...
Some time ago (in 2006) I wrote a post about John Jacob and his unusual rifle. In it I said that Lorenzo Barber, the “Fighting Parson” of the 1st U.S.S.S., ...
Clearly, no technology is inherently good or bad. It’s what we do with it that counts. As activists, some of us at least, have a duty to stay on top of ...
By now, most people who read this blog have seen the letter that the Dean of Students of the University of Chicago sent to incoming students this week: ...