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AHA Letter to Alabama Senate Opposing “Divisive Concepts” Bill (May 2023)
AHA Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida (May 2023)
AHA Signs CIE Letter Urging Title VI Funding for FY 2024 (May 2023)
AHA Testimony Opposing Ohio Learning Standards Legislation (May 2023)
AHA Letter to North Carolina House of Representatives Opposing Bill to Eliminate Tenure (May 2023)
AHA Letter to Florida Senate Opposing Restrictive Education Bill (May 2023)
AHA Letter to SFSU President Regarding “Investigation” of History Professor (April 2023)
AHA Sends Letter to Texas House of Representatives Opposing Legislation to Eliminate Tenure (April 2023)
AHA Letter Opposing Proposed South Dakota Social Studies Standards (April 2023)
AHA Letter to Ohio Senate Opposing Higher Education Bill (April 2023)
AHA Signs On to ACLS Statement Opposing Florida House Bill 999 (March 2023)
AHA Statement Opposing Florida House Bill 999 (March 2023)
AHA Letter Expressing Concern for US Citizen and History Teacher Imprisoned in Russia (March 2023)
AHA Sends Letter to Marymount University Opposing Proposed Elimination of History Major (February 2023)
AHA Signs On to ACLS Statement in Support of Academic Freedom and New College of Florida (February 2023)
Manager of Teaching and Learning Testifies before Virginia Board of Education (February 2023)
AHA Letter to US Secretary of State Urging Assistance with Safe Return of Pierre Buteau (January 2023)
AHA Sends Letters Opposing Proposed Elimination of History Major at Marymount University (January 2023)
AHA Signs On to American Anthropological Association Letter Opposing Appointees to New College of Florida Governing Board (January 2023)
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AHA Collaboration on Proposed Virginia History and Social Science Draft Standards (December 2022)
AHA Letter to Virginia Board of Education Urging Adoption of Proposed History Standards (October 2022)
AHA Supports Nomination of Colleen Shogan as Archivist of the United States (September 2022)
AHA Sends Letter to South Dakota Board of Education Opposing Social Studies Standards Revision Process (September 2022)
AHA Amicus Curiae Brief in Haaland v. Brackeen (August 2022)
AHA Letter to Virginia Governor Regarding Board of Historic Resources Appointments and Confederate Monuments (August 2022)
History, the Supreme Court, and Dobbs v. Jackson: Joint Statement from the AHA & the OAH (July 2022)
AHA Endorses the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act (June 2022)
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AHA Sends Letter to Kansas Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (March 2022)
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AHA Letter to Iowa State University Urging Reconsideration of Planned Budget Cuts (March 2022)
AHA Signs On to Coalition for International Education Letter Urging Reauthorization of Key Title IV Programs (March 2022)
AHA Signs On to African Studies Association Statement on Discriminatory Treatment of Africans Fleeing War in Ukraine (March 2022)
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AHA Sends Letter to Maryland Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (March 2022)
AHA Sends Letter to West Virginia Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (March 2022)
AHA Sends Letter to Kentucky Legislature Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (March 2022)
AHA Sends Letters to Tennessee Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (March 2022)
AHA Sends Letter to Indiana Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (February 2022)
AHA Statement Condemning Russian Invasion of Ukraine (February 2022)
Bomb Threats against HBCUs: A History of Domestic Terrorism (February 2022)
AHA Sends Letters to Arizona Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (February 2022)
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AHA Sends Letters to Georgia Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (February 2022)
AHA Sends Letter to Missouri Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (February 2022)
AHA Sends Letters to South Dakota Legislature Opposing Legislation Restricting History Education (February 2022)
AHA Statement Condemning Violations of Presidential Records Act (February 2022)
AHA Letter to Collin College President Regarding Nonrenewal of History Faculty (February 2022)
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AHA Letter Opposing Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Resolution (January 2022)
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Ukraine, Russia, and the Cold War and its Legacies: Resources from the American Historical Association
The History of Racist Violence in the United States: Resources from the American Historical Association
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History, the Past, and Public Culture: Results from a National Survey
Introduction
1. How Does the Public Define “History”?
2. Why Does the Public Care about the Past (If It Cares at All)?
3. Where Do People Get Their History?
4. Which Sources of the Past Are Viewed as Trustworthy?
5. How Does the Public Want to Learn about the Past?
6. What Have the Public’s History Education Experiences Been Like?
7. What Aspects of the Past Does the Public Want to Learn More About?
8. How Much Does the Public Value the Field of History and Historians’ Work?
9. What Are the Public’s Attitudes toward a Changing and Uncomfortable Past?
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