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Read an excerpt on how "The Bicentennial Made American History Look Ridiculous" from OAH President Marc Stein's book Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s.
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The Organization of American Historians
The "removal and silencing of history is likely happening in your own neighborhood."
New from the HARPPing on History Substack: "Silver Lining? How White House Censorship Energizes the Public’s Love of History."
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Every day this week we have live and in-person events. Tune in tonight at 5pm ET for Gulf Coast History with The American Historian authors.
Register for tonight: https://ow.ly/OXS850Z9tpA
See all events for the week: https://ow.ly/85Lf50Z9tpB
OAH is saddened to learn the news about the passing of preeminent historian of early America, Gordon Wood. https://ow.ly/TTLG50Z8ZoT
Yesterday, a federal judge voided "in its entirety" a Trump administration initiative to impose $100,000 fees on employers seeking visas for skilled foreign workers. Read "Why Information Technology May Be Re-skilling the Labor Process" from The American Historian: https://ow.ly/mV9M50Z9mIk
We want more history. More access. More perspectives. More engagement. More opportunities to learn from the people and events that shaped our world.
Join OAH in championing the value of history and the work of historians.
Get involved: https://www.wewantmorehistory.org/
History helps us do more than understand the past, it helps us navigate the present and shape more democratic, equitable, and just futures.
Support the OAH 2026 Annual Appeal and help strengthen the future of the profession. #HistoryMatters
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OAH Executive Board member Donna Schuele is presenting some of her latest research on Sandra Day O’Connor today at 12pm PT. Tune in and learn about O’Connor’s path from the Arizona Senate to the Supreme Court.
Register for this free event: https://ow.ly/jcoC50Z9UGa
Day 1 of the summer teacher intensive has begun as educators from across the nation gather in Philadelphia for a weeklong learning experience into the history of the U.S. Constitution.
Here's to a great week ahead!
This day in 1965, the Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut, striking down a law that prohibited married couples from using contraception. For more on histories of feminism, check out Carrie N. Baker’s “American Feminism, 1960s–1980s,” in The American Historian. https://tinyurl.com/3psdtxjn
In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.
