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Special issue of history journal examines oil, a ‘decidedly valuable and...
You don’t have to look further than the news to know that oil is a big deal to Americans. Spikes in gas prices, controversy about the XL Pipeline, instability in the Middle East and its impact on oil...
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Emancipation Proclamation: Indiana majority didn’t celebrate in 1862
As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, it’s instructive to recall that President Lincoln’s order freeing the slaves wasn’t greeted with universal applause – even in the...
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Lugar still serving as his time in Senate winds down
Richard Lugar’s name won’t be on the Indiana election ballot this fall, but he’s still serving his state, wrapping up a distinguished, 36-year tenure in the U.S. Senate. A long-time friend of Indiana...
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IU legal historian: Income tax created modern fiscal state
As we struggle to file our 2012 tax returns on time, let’s pause for a moment and wish a happy 100th birthday to … the income tax. Actually the tax could claim several birthdays. But as IU Maurer...
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Marking 50 years since ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’
Fifty years ago this week, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in an Alabama jail cell and wrote what was destined to become a defining document of the American civil rights movement – and the global...
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IU historians: Tragedy of JFK’s death probably didn’t change course of history
What if John F. Kennedy had lived? Would American history have been different? The question has been getting the full treatment this week as news media mark the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination....
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Squirrels and the poor, deserving or not
It’s impossible to read Etienne Benson’s Journal of American History article about the urbanization of the eastern gray squirrel without reflecting on our own attitudes about charity and those who rely...
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China’s rise and Tiger Moms: today’s ‘Yellow Peril’?
Is the “Yellow Peril” fear that gripped America in the late 1800s making a comeback? Indiana University historian Ellen Wu asks that provocative question in a recent essay for History News Network. Wu...
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Historians’ group backs right to embargo dissertations
The Organization of American Historians has called for allowing new doctoral degree holders to decide whether to embargo their dissertations, taking a stand on an issue that has divided academics over...
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IU panel to discuss Ukraine crisis
Indiana University students, faculty and staff and other members of the Bloomington community can learn about the Ukraine crisis Tuesday night, March 11, from experts on Ukraine, Russia and Eastern...
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1960s Chicago activists to visit IU Bloomington for panel discussion Friday
They were the original Rainbow Coalition — community activists who joined together to fight racism, start social-service programs and take on the entrenched Democratic Party machine in 1960s Chicago....
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Organization of American Historians board member awarded Pulitzer Prize
The Indiana University-affiliated Organization of American Historians was celebrating this week with the news that a member of its executive board was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for history. Alan...
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Former Organization of American Historians presidents receive National...
Three former presidents of the Indiana University-affiliated Organization of American Historians were among the National Humanities Medal recipients honored Monday by President Barack Obama. In a White...
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Legal scholar: Justices vie for ‘historical memory’ of school desegregation...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 opinion tossing out a Seattle school desegregation plan wasn’t just about deciding a matter of law, Harvard legal scholar Mark Tushnet told an Indiana University audience...
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Special issue of history journal examines oil, a ‘decidedly valuable and...
You don’t have to look further than the news to know that oil is a big deal to Americans. Spikes in gas prices, controversy about the XL Pipeline, instability in the Middle East and its impact on oil...
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Emancipation Proclamation: Indiana majority didn’t celebrate in 1862
As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, it’s instructive to recall that President Lincoln’s order freeing the slaves wasn’t greeted with universal applause – even in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lugar still serving as his time in Senate winds down
Richard Lugar’s name won’t be on the Indiana election ballot this fall, but he’s still serving his state, wrapping up a distinguished, 36-year tenure in the U.S. Senate. A long-time friend of Indiana...
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IU legal historian: Income tax created modern fiscal state
As we struggle to file our 2012 tax returns on time, let’s pause for a moment and wish a happy 100th birthday to … the income tax. Actually the tax could claim several birthdays. But as IU Maurer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Marking 50 years since ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’
Fifty years ago this week, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in an Alabama jail cell and wrote what was destined to become a defining document of the American civil rights movement – and the global...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IU historians: Tragedy of JFK’s death probably didn’t change course of history
What if John F. Kennedy had lived? Would American history have been different? The question has been getting the full treatment this week as news media mark the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination....
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