Indiana Magazine of History

historian and scholar friends (I forget the hashtag for this lol):

What are some good secondary sources analyzing racial capitalism/industrialization and Native American removal in the 19th century?

please repost! thanks in advance!

Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.

Rubio just cancelled all of them
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KKK was *everywhere* in 1920s Indiana. George Dale, the editor of a Muncie newspaper, refused to bow to them. He survived and eventually became mayor.

For more on "the crossroads of America" in this era, see also:
James Madison, _A Lynching in the Heartland_
Timothy Egan, _Fever in the Heartland_

If you're struggling to understand how eugenics impacts daily life right now, I recommend going back to the historical records to see how the eugenics movement took off 100 years ago. We need to be able to recognize it when we see it, so that we can push back and resist. 1/20

Rethinking Reconstruction: Kate Masur on Freedom Was in Sight “Freedom Was in Sight” conveys that even as Reconstruction ended and the Jim Crow order took shape in the South, not everything was lost.

New at PB, Jessica Rucker interviews @katemasur.bsky.social about her new graphic novel “Freedom Was In Sight” (@uncpress.bsky.social with illustrations by Liz Clarke), which uses storytelling and illustration to tell the history of Reconstruction.

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Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing: 9780593243701 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every American...

A book about how racism shapes the American educational system and why that matters DEBUTED on the New York Times bestseller's list. Put simply, people still care about history.

Congratulations to Dr. Eve Ewing! @eveewing.bsky.social

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Black and white photo of Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, three members of White Rose who were executed for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in Germany in 1943

Today (Feb 22) in 1943, three courageous young people in the group White Rose were executed for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in Germany. Sophie Scholl: "The greatest damage is caused by the silent majority that just wants to survive, submit and go along with everything."

Cover of LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of LGBTQ History published by the NPS

The federal government has now removed the entire LGBTQ Heritage Theme Study from the National Park Service website.

Be a rebel - read banned history.

outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

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Not sure if it was the same tour but here’s a post (and thread) I did earlier about the site where Frederick Douglass got rushed by a mob in nearby Pendleton which also was the site of the hanging of three men who murdered Native Americans bsky.app/profile/hist...

tall stack of print journals of various titles (owl stuffed animal sitting on top)

This is just a portion of the publications we consult to compile the annual bibliography of articles in southern history. We regularly check 300+ different journal titles! But also, if you've had an article out in 2024 related to the history of the U.S. South, let us know so we can check it out.

Today’s guest editor of our journal.

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

To dismiss the grief in Victorian stories as old-fashioned is to assume they're outdated bc of the passage of time. But a high child mortality rate was eradicated not by time, but by effort. To dismantle a century of resolute public health measures, like vaccination, invites those horrors to return.

Learn more about Byron's work in Peggy Siegel's "A Fort Wayne Nurse, A Public Health Crisis, and World War I," in the March 2021 issue of the IMH. #Indiana #publichealth #historyofnursing. 118 years of the journal's articles are available online at scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind....

In the early 20th century, 4,000 Hoosiers died every year from tuberculosis. Irene Byron was a public health nurse in Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving for four years as part of the city's campaign against the disease. Byron worked in the city clinic and tent hospital, and visited patients at home.

Read more about Douglass's visit to Indianapolis and the pioneering work of Moses Broyles, pastor, educator, and activist, in "We Have a Right to Live in This Country" in our March 2024 issue. #projectmuse #Blackhistory #Baptisthistory #FrederickDouglass #Indiana

After his first night's speech, Douglass demanded that the audience be desegregated and refused to appear again until his demand was met. Fearing the loss of revenue, the organization conceded. Douglass spoke to packed houses for two nights.

Rev. Moses Broyles, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Indianapolis, was instrumental in bringing Frederick Douglass to the city to speak at a two-night fundraiser for the local YMCA. The organization set aside seats for Black audience members in the balcony of the local opera house.

The Appeal Army enlisted thousands of women volunteers across the country to spread support for Socialism. Read about Indiana's ties to this Kansas newspaper in Michelle Morahn's "Comrade Wives Behind the Scenes," in the March 2022 issue of the IMH. #Socialism #Indiana #women'shistory

In 1907, Eugene Debs joined the staff of Appeal to Reason, a Socialist newspaper based in Girard, Kansas. His wife Katherine formed personal and professional relationships with some of the women instrumental to the paper's success, especially Grace Babbitt Brewer, the head of the Appeal Army.

Volume 129 Issue 4 | The American Historical Review | Oxford Academic The official journal of the American Historical Association. Publishes research that brings together scholarship from every major field of historical study. Articles include original interpretation an...

The AHR’s December 2024 issue is now available. This issue inaugurates the annual publication of a special issue of the journal. Inside the issue authors explore how historical context and contingency shape and inflect resilience. 🗃️

🎤 Is this thing on? Hi, Bluesky! We're Commonplace Journal, an online publication for anyone interested in American history before 1900. Slightly less formal than a journal, slightly more scholarly than a popular magazine, we strive to bring early American history to a wide audience.

It arrived! Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery by @sethrockman.bsky.social tells a story of American capitalism through the materials that connected enslavers and “coerced consumers” to spinners weavers & owners in the North
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Read more about Katherine Debs and her work in Michelle Morahn's article "Comrade Wives Behind the Scenes," in our March 2022 issue, available online through IU Scholarworks at scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind....

Katherine Metzel Debs has frequently been portrayed as an insignificant appendage of her husband, Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs. In truth, Kate Debs acted as her husband's secretary, ran a Socialist publishing concern, and maintained close personal and professional ties with other Socialist women.

Broyles would go on to become pastor of Second Baptist Church of Indianapolis and serve as a community leader until his death in 1882. For more on Broyles's remarkable life, see J. Michael Raley's article in the March 2024 issue of the IMH. #projectmuse #Blackhistory #Baptisthistory

Moses Broyles was born into slavery in 1826. Sold away from his family in Maryland, he grew up in Kentucky. Broyles was able to buy his freedom in 1854. Already literate, he moved to Lancaster, Indiana, where he enrolled at the Eleutherian Institute.

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