Perspectives on Selma

The 45th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. The sign for the ­Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail was photographed by Carol M. Highsmith. It is in the George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs at the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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Shatha Almutawa, senior editor
Stephanie Kingsley, associate editor, web content and social media
Jacob Ingram, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, coordinator, professional data and job center

Featured Articles

Left to right: Tom Wilkinson plays President Lyndon B. Johnson and David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

May 1, 2015

Features

When History Is Not Good Enough for Hollywood
Left to right: André Holland plays Andrew Young, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Wendell Pierce plays Rev. Hosea Williams in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

May 1, 2015

Features, Perspectives Daily

The Brouhaha over Selma
President Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act; notice King standing behind him.

May 1, 2015

Perspectives Daily

Missed Opportunities with Selma
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May 1, 2015

Features

Varieties of Leadership in Selma
Oprah Winfrey (center) plays Annie Lee Cooper in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

May 1, 2015

Features

History as Entertainment or Entertainment as History?
Left to right: Stephan James plays John Lewis, Trai Byers plays James Foreman, Wendell Pierce plays Rev. Hosea Williams, and David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

May 1, 2015

Features

The Past Isn’t Even Past, Especially on Twitter
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May 1, 2015

Features

Of Selma and History
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May 1, 2015

Features

Selma and the International History of American Civil Rights
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May 1, 2015

Features

Forays into “What If” History
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May 1, 2015

Features

Counterfactual History and the Outbreak of World War I

From the AHA

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May 1, 2015

From the Editor

Patriotism and Dissent
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May 1, 2015

From the Executive Director

On Patriotism
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May 1, 2015

From the President

On Academic Leadership
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May 1, 2015

From the Professional Division

The Ethical Historian, May 2015
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May 1, 2015

AHA Activities

A Historian Visits the Hill
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May 19, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

2015 AHA Research Grants Awarded
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May 5, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

AHA Announces New Taxonomy of Historical Fields
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May 4, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Tuning Project Releases Department Materials
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May 26, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Visit Local History Museums Across the US with the New AHA Member Benefit
Career Diversity for Historians

May 20, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

AHA Career Diversity Announces Department Grants
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May 1, 2015

AHA Activities

History in Action
Career Diversity for Historians

May 14, 2015

AHA Activities

Possibilities After the History PhD
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May 6, 2015

AHA Activities

“Flex a Historical Muscle”

Other Articles

May 1, 2015

From the National Coalition for History

Keeping Track of Record Keeping

May 1, 2015

From the National History Center

Interview with Donald Ritchie

May 21, 2015

From the National History Center

Checking in with Former National History Center Interns

May 8, 2015

From the National History Center

Getting to Know History from the Inside

May 18, 2015

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

Our Federal Tax System

May 6, 2015

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

The Fourth Amendment and the Patriot Act
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May 5, 2015

From the National History Center

Some Thoughts on “Entangled Trajectories: Integrating Native American and European Histories”

May 1, 2015

Perspectives on Contingent Labor
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May 27, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Cynthia Bouton
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May 20, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Sung Yup Kim
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May 13, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Alice Browne
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May 7, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Susan Smith-Peter
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May 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Carl Degler (1921–2014)
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May 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Paul N. Hehn (1927–2014)
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May 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Ari Hoogenboom (1927–2014)
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May 1, 2015

In Memoriam

George W. Rollins (1916–2014)
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May 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Raymond A. Mohl (1939–2015)

News

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May 1, 2015

News

Intoxicating Beverages
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May 1, 2015

News

US Capitol Restoration Commences
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May 1, 2015

News

NASA’s Leading Edge: One Hundred Years of Aeronautics
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May 1, 2015

News, Perspectives Daily

John W. Kluge Center Accepting 2015 Fellowship Applications
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May 27, 2015

News

America’s Misconceived “Wars on Terror”
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May 26, 2015

News

Footsteps to Freedom
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May 12, 2015

News

Entering the Job Market with a BA in History
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May 11, 2015

News, Perspectives Daily

Pilgrims’ Books and Charms at the Art Institute of Chicago
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May 4, 2015

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Introducing #ScholarFest
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May 4, 2015

News, Perspectives Daily

Bridging Historias through Latino History and Culture
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May 22, 2015

News, Perspectives Daily

Flashback Friday: Germany Schaefer and the Perfect Shot