A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
A 54-foot-long petition from Black South Carolinians seeking equal treatment before the law
Marjorie S. Joyner, the first African American graduate of A. B. Molar Beauty School, invented the permanent wave machine
The 1926 origins of Black History Month
Black communities are missing in narratives of the American West
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club and the roots of Groundhog Day
A legislative history of homebrewing
Ties between discriminatory housing practices and preservation
H-SHGAPE review of The Imperial Church: Catholic Founding Fathers and United States Empire
Black secret societies need further study
Examining the deep roots of femicide and domestic violence in American history
Legend of the Leatherman and his 365-mile walking route
Preserving over a century of progress in academic freedom in American universities
The continuity of philanthropic practices since Rockefeller and Carnegie
Riots and protests during the New York City Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902
Review of Adam Lee Cilli’s investigation of Black middle-class activism in Pittsburgh
Patriotism and distorting race in history textbooks
Myth America examines the history of American socialism
Black Americans and connections to the Pacific
Scientists in the American West
Poaching oysters in the San Francisco Bay
George Washington Carver’s studies on nutrient depletion in soil
H-SHGAPE review of Reconstruction and Mormon America
Love letters of Teddy Roosevelt and Alice Lee
The Erie Canal’s impact on industrialization
Preserving sites of African American activism
A history of anti-Asian legislation
Book review of Journalism and Jim Crow
Unfree Black labor and the convict-lease system of Texas
The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the nineteenth-century origins of immigration restriction
After serving in the United States Navy, Kym pursued her education and true passion of history. Kym taught as an adjunct for six years prior to continuing her education. She is currently a History PhD student and Fellow at the University of Montana, focusing on public health in the Progressive Era.