July 19, 2023
As part of our series examining documents from the American Revolution this month, we are contrasting Abigail Adams’s famous “Remember the Ladies” Letter with her husband’s response. Reading these two… READ MORE
July 7, 2023
As we examine documents from the American Revolution this month, it’s worth considering how images, text, and media were used to spark the Patriot cause. Paul Revere’s “The Bloody Massacre… READ MORE
July 3, 2023
In celebration of Independence Day, we are highlighting Anna Young Smith, a young woman who lived during the American Revolution. Her poem “An Elegy to the Memory of the American… READ MORE
June 28, 2023
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) was a gay rights and transgender rights activist in the late twentieth century. Born Ray Rivera in New York City to Puerto Rican and Venezuelan parents, she… READ MORE
June 19, 2023
In the last half decade, the word intersectionality has gone viral. A legal term coined in 1989 by Columbia University Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, it remained in academic circles for much… READ MORE
June 12, 2023
June 26th holds a special place in the history of civil rights in the United States. On that day, in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a legal right long… READ MORE
May 26, 2023
Editor’s note: We recently conducted an interview with Paul Finkelman, editor of Milestone Documents of the Supreme Court (publishing this month). Paul is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor, Emeritus… READ MORE
March 8, 2023
Editor’s note: We recently conducted an interview with Aaron E. Sánchez, editor of The Schlager Anthology of Hispanic America (publishing this month). Aaron is assistant professor of history at Texas… READ MORE
November 9, 2022
Editor’s note: We recently conducted an interview with Craig Kaplowitz, editor of Milestone Visual Documents in American History: The Images, Cartoon, and Other Visual Sources That Shaped America (publishing this… READ MORE
March 9, 2022
We’re pleased to announce that The Schlager Anthology of Black America: A Student’s Guide to Essential Primary Sources has been named as one of Library Journal‘s Best Reference Sources for… READ MORE