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

May 1, 2015

Forays into “What If” History: An After Action Report

May 1, 2015

Counterfactual History and the Outbreak of World War I

From the AHA

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May 1, 2015

From the Executive Director

On Patriotism
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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

History in Action
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May 1, 2015

AHA Activities

A Historian Visits the Hill

Other 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

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

Perspectives Daily

Varieties of Leadership in Selma

May 1, 2015

History as Entertainment or Entertainment as History?

May 1, 2015

The Past Isn’t Even Past, Especially on Twitter

May 1, 2015

Of Selma and History

May 1, 2015

Selma and the International History of American Civil Rights

May 1, 2015

From the President

On Academic Leadership

May 1, 2015

From the National Coalition for History

Keeping Track of Record Keeping

May 1, 2015

AHA Joins Other Associations to Protest Georgia’s Proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act

May 1, 2015

AHA Letter of Support for the National Library of Medicine

May 1, 2015

From the National History Center

Interview with Donald Ritchie

May 1, 2015

News

The New Jersey Initiative

May 1, 2015

Perspectives on Contingent Labor
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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)

May 1, 2015

From the Editor

Patriotism and Dissent

May 27, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Cynthia Bouton

May 27, 2015

America’s Misconceived “Wars on Terror”

May 26, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Visit Local History Museums across the US with the New AHA Member Benefit

May 26, 2015

Footsteps to Freedom

May 22, 2015

Perspectives Daily

Germany Schaefer and the Perfect Shot in an Unusually “Meta” Flashback Friday

May 21, 2015

From the National History Center

Checking in with Former National History Center Interns

May 20, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Sung Yup Kim

May 20, 2015

Perspectives Daily

AHA Career Diversity Announces Department Grants
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May 19, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

2015 AHA Research Grants Awarded

May 18, 2015

Perspectives Daily

Our Federal Tax System

May 14, 2015

Possibilities after the History PhD

May 13, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Alice Browne

May 12, 2015

Entering the Job Market with a BA in History
The Spreading Devotion: Japanese and European Religious Prints exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.

May 11, 2015

Perspectives Daily

Pilgrims’ Books and Charms at the Art Institute of Chicago

May 8, 2015

Getting to Know History from the Inside

May 7, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Susan Smith-Peter

May 6, 2015

Perspectives Daily

The Fourth Amendment and the Patriot Act

May 6, 2015

“Flex a Historical Muscle”

May 5, 2015

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

AHA Announces New Taxonomy of Historical Fields

May 5, 2015

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

May 4, 2015

Perspectives Daily

Tuning Project Releases Department Materials: New Resources for Teaching History

May 4, 2015

Perspectives Daily

Bridging Historias through Latino History and Culture: An NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Project

May 4, 2015

Introducing #ScholarFest

May 1, 2015

Perspectives Daily

John W. Kluge Center Accepting Fellowship Applications

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May 1, 2015

News

Intoxicating Beverages
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May 1, 2015

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US Capitol Restoration Commences

May 1, 2015

News

NASA’s Leading Edge: One Hundred Years of Aeronautics