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Posted by: Lillian Williams
The following is a guest post from Vianne Scheidecker, 2025 Research Intern at the Kluge Center. This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. …
Posted in: History
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. You have probably heard the phrase “you are the master of your own destiny.” In contemporary …
Posted in: Economics, History, United States
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974), one of the greatest American jazz composers, band leaders, and pianists …
Posted in: History, United States, Visual & Performing Arts
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. During Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912), there was little structural or governmental support for those with mental illnesses. Even by 1918, …
Posted in: Health & Medicine, History
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. In 1999, Congress passed the House Awareness and Preservation Act, directing the Library of Congress to create a complete written …
Posted in: Government, History
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. “What is it about democracy that justifies our faith, especially African Americans’ faith in it?” asks …
Posted in: History, United States
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. Simón Bolívar achieved the impossible. He led the successful liberations of six Latin American countries, navigating …
Posted in: History, Latin America
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. Close to 60,000 loyalists, about one in forty of the American population, left the newly formed country …
Posted in: History, United States
Posted by: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. Historian, civil rights activist, and public intellectual John Hope Franklin (1915 – 2009) transformed the field …
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