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The Author’s Corner with Matthew J. Clavin

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 21, 2023

Matthew J. Clavin is Professor of American and Atlantic History at the University of Houston. This interview is based on his new book, Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War (NYU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to...

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“The worst of the DEI industry is expensive and runs from useless to counterproductive.”

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

Here is Conor Freidersdorf at The Atlantic: The diversity, equity, and inclusion industry exploded in 2020 and 2021, but it is undergoing a reckoning of late, and not just in states controlled by Republicans, where officials are dismantling DEI bureaucracies in public...

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The Author’s Corner with Kathleen M. Brown

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 21, 2023

Kathleen M. Brown is David Boies Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. This interview is based on her new book, Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race, and Rights in the Age of Abolition (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023). JF: What...

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Thomas Jefferson: hero or villain?

John Fea   |  July 2, 2022

The title of this post is not, primarily, a historical question. It is primarily a moral question. We should keep the complexity of the past in mind as we celebrate Independence Day. Check out early American historian’s Jack Rakove‘s recent...

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The Author’s Corner with Olivier Zunz

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 3, 2022

Olivier Zunz is James Madison Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia. This interview is based on his new book, The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville (Princeton University Press, 2022). JF: What led...

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The Author’s Corner with Bruce Stewart

Annie Thorn   |  February 10, 2020

Bruce Stewart is Associate Professor of History at Appalachian State University. This interview is based on his new book, Redemption from Tyranny: Herman Husband’s American Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2020). JF: What led you to write Redemption from Tyranny? BS: I first...

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Did the Founding Fathers Care About Inequality?

John Fea   |  April 25, 2016

Over at The Atlantic, writer Alana Semuels argues that inequality was not an issue in revolutionary America. Here is a taste: …Is it really correct to say that America is built on a foundation of opportunity and economic freedom when that...

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"Oh Let Us Turn Our Thoughts Today To Martin Luther King"

John Fea   |  January 18, 2016

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Happy 145 Birthday To The 14th Amendment

John Fea   |  July 9, 2013

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868.  Here it is: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...

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