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Advocacy Briefs
In November 2021, the AHA advocated for education and research funding and continued its communication with the National Archives and…
Townhouse Notes
What good is a magazine that someone cannot read? Our staff takes pride in the fact that Perspectives on History,…
From Inclusive Public Schools to Divisive Concepts
I started first grade in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1973. Two years earlier, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Swann v.…
James Z. Gao (1948–2021)
James Z. Gao, professor of modern Chinese history at the University of Maryland, College Park, died on October 26, 2021,…
Charles Grier Sellers Jr. (1923–2021)
Courtesy Carolyn Merchant Charles Grier Sellers Jr. was born on September 9, 1923, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Descended from Scotch-Irish…
Martin J. Sherwin (1937–2021)
Courtesy Alex Sherwin Martin J. Sherwin—Marty to all who knew him—died on October 6, 2021, of complications from lung cancer.…
On November 2021 Letters
To the Editor: While welcoming dissent from all quarters, I am surely not the only historian taken aback by the…
AHA Member Spotlight: Roger Davidson Jr.
Roger Davidson Jr. is an associate professor at Bowie State University. He lives in Bowie, Maryland, and has been a…
AHA Slogan Contest Winner
AHA staff is excited to announce the winner of the AHA Slogan Contest. Members and other historians submitted dozens of…