Yale Lectures: The Civil War and Reconstruction with David Blight
One of the most important moments in United States history is the Civil War. What caused the Civil War? What was the legacy of the Civil War? If you have ever wished you could sit in on a lecture...
View ArticleThe Great Emancipator: Lectures on Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War
Historian James M. McPherson of Princeton University is a Civil War expert. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Battle Cry of Freedom and served as the President of the American Historical...
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Immigration in Perspective: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
On June 25, 2012 the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court decided to uphold the central component of Arizona’s 2010 immigration statute—its so-called “‘show me your papers’ provision.”1...
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Wartime Politics and Modern America: The Lasting Legislation of the Civil War...
Nearly a century and a half after Robert E. Lee and the Confederates surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, the Civil War is remembered for its unprecedented bloodshed and the abolition of slavery. What...
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“Birth of a Nation”: Writing History with Lightning
At the close of the film, after the triumph of the Ku Klux Klan, and the final intertitle rolled across screen, all eyes at the White House private screening were on President Woodrow Wilson. How would...
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