Perspectives on Film
- When History Is Not Good Enough for Hollywood: Selma, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Kent Germany | May 1, 2015
- The Brouhaha over Selma
Sam Pollard | May 1, 2015
- Missed Opportunities with Selma
Julian E. Zelizer | May 1, 2015
- Varieties of Leadership in Selma
Leslie M. Harris | May 1, 2015
- History as Entertainment or Entertainment as History?
Jonathan Scott Holloway | May 1, 2015
- The Past Isn’t Even Past, Especially on Twitter
Carol Anderson | May 1, 2015
- Of Selma and History
Adam Green | May 1, 2015
- Selma and the International History of American Civil Rights
Mary L. Dudziak | May 1, 2015
On the Cover
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.
Features
- Forays into “What If” History: An After Action Report
Mark Grimsley | May 1, 2015
- Counterfactual History and the Outbreak of World War I
Yoav Tenembaum | May 1, 2015
From the President
- On Academic Leadership
Vicki L. Ruiz | May 1, 2015
From the Executive Director
- On Patriotism
James Grossman | May 1, 2015
From the Professional Division
- The Ethical Historian: Notes and Queries on Professional Conduct
Professional Division | May 1, 2015
News
- Intoxicating Beverages: New National Archives Exhibit Explores Alcohol in American History
Amanda Moniz | May 1, 2015
- US Capitol Restoration Commences
Jennifer Reut | May 1, 2015
- NASA's Leading Edge: One Hundred Years of Aeronautics
Jacob Ingram | May 1, 2015
Advocacy
- Keeping Track of Record Keeping: Closing the Gaps in Federal Records Management
Lee White | May 1, 2015
- AHA Joins Other Associations to Protest Georgia’s Proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act
James Grossman | May 1, 2015
- AHA Letter of Support for the National Library of Medicine
Seth Denbo | May 1, 2015
AHA Activities
- History in Action: Career Diversity the Columbia Way
Emily Swafford and Manan Ahmed | May 1, 2015
- A Historian Visits the Hill: My Participation in the National Humanities Alliance Advocacy Day
Emily Swafford | May 1, 2015
From the National History Center
- Interview with Donald Ritchie, Retiring Historian of the Senate
Dane Kennedy | May 1, 2015
Teaching
- The New Jersey Initiative
Hank Bitten and Peter Porter | May 1, 2015
From the Affiliates
- Perspectives on Contingent Labor: Adjuncts, Temporary Contracts, and the Feminization of Labor
Eileen Boris, Susan Wladaver-Morgan, and Sandra Trudgen Dawson | May 1, 2015
In Memoriam
- Carl Degler (1921-2014)
Estelle B. Freedman | May 1, 2015
- Paul N. Hehn (1927-2014)
David O. Stowell | May 1, 2015
- Ari Hoogenboom (1927-2014)
Charles W. Calhoun | May 1, 2015
- George W. Rollins (1916-2014)
James Friguglietti and Norton H. Moses | May 1, 2015
- Raymond A. Mohl (1939-2015)
Bruce and Gregory Mohl | May 1, 2015
Endnote
- Patriotism and Dissent
Shatha Almutawa | May 1, 2015