SHGAPE Blog

Minding the GAPE – March 2024

March 31, 2024

Minding the GAPE – March 2024

By Kym MacEwan

The Johnstown Flood, Black westerns, coal communities, corporate personhood, “Manhunt,” the “Happy Birthday” song, and more

Minding the GAPE – February 2024

March 5, 2024

Minding the GAPE – February 2024

By Kym MacEwan

The first Black-owned public hospital, the “Delsarte method” for Black women’s self-care, the material culture of Valentine’s Day, cleaning up the mess of Carnival season, a chaotic yet cost-effective sewing pattern, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – January 2024

January 30, 2024

Minding the GAPE – January 2024

By Kym MacEwan

Convict leasing, Chicago’s public art, the 40-hour workweek, dairy milk, a dinosaur in DC, Lucy Parsons, WWI propaganda and the modern media industry, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – December 2023

January 2, 2024

Minding the GAPE – December 2023

By Kym MacEwan

Preserving radio broadcasts, looking over the year’s best Black history books, holiday baking with historical recipes, remembering the Christmas Truce of 1914, controversy over the Confederate memorial removal at Arlington National Cemetery, and much more.