It’s Black History Month, when we recognize the achievements and history of African Americans throughout US history. BackStory frequently ...

Despite its status as a free state in the federal union, Indiana maintained a complicated relationship with the institution of slavery. The Northwest ...

Conor Gearty‘s Homeland Insecurity explores the global rise of anti-terrorism legislation in the 20th and 21st centuries. Gearty probes the historical ...

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Van Gogh’s The Starry Night is one of the most widely analyzed art pieces in the world. What makes this painting so fascinating to ...

The September issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print. Included are articles by Myisha S. Eatmon, ...

What is Gin? Gin is a kind of distilled, colorless to a pale yellow and flavored alcoholic drink, made from distilled fermented grains and other ...

The author says that this book is: "...a love story set in a hostage situation."  Which is accurate.As always with ...

This is my 12th year of creating the annual bibliography, which used to be in the LAWCHA annual newsletter. If you think a book published in 2024 ...

Coca-Cola and World War II Allied Forces Before we get into the actual story, it is important that we comprehend how important Coca-Cola was during the ...