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02 June 2020

NCPH Statement on the Killing of George Floyd

NCPH has been carefully following the events following the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by a law enforcement officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We share the sorrow, anger, despair, and demands for change that have been so evident across the United States. Read More

18 May 2020

COVID-19 Survey for Public Historians

We’re hoping to learn more from public historians about how your employment situation has changed, what your primary professional concerns are in light of COVID-19, and how NCPH can help and support you. Please take three minutes to fill out the survey at http://bit.ly/ncphcovidsurvey Read More

06 May 2020

2021 Topic Proposals due June 1

NCPH’s topic proposal deadline is an optional opportunity to get feedback on your session, working group, or workshop proposal for NCPH 2021 in Salt Lake City. We will distribute topic proposals to our members and put them up on our Public History Commons for feedback or offers of collaboration, and submitters can incorporate this feedback into their final 2021 proposal (due July 15). Read More

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Thoughtful and relevant thread from @imobley1 on image analysis and contextualization based on an image of the Olympic Project for Human Rights protest led by Tommie Smith and John Carlos in 196 in Mexico City. #PublicHistory #Allyship #Photographs

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“Those who are calling for justice are echoing similar calls from the era of the civil rights movements. In fact, it was police brutality against native people in the Twin Cities that led to the creation of the American Indian Movement in 1968.”- @profkphillips #IndigenousHistory

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3 Jun

The @NCPH 2021 conference topic proposal deadline is now June 10.

Although it feels like the farthest thing from what's important right now, @NCPH has been an important space for dialogue about how we talk to the public about historic roots of racism and inequality. (1/ )

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Commemorating the Tulsa Massacre: A Search for Identity and Historical Complexity

When HBO’s Watchmen aired on October 20th last year, it introduced millions of Americans to the explosive episode of racial terror that gripped the black residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 30th to June 1st, 1921. The TV show dramatizes how white Americans used guns and even makeshift bombs to destroy millions of dollars in property and murdered an estimated 100 to 300 African Americans over the course of three days (the “aftermath” of which is pictured here). Read More

John Lennon Slept Here: Looking for Fans in Public History

As I stood in a small room on Menlove Avenue in Liverpool, England, that had belonged to John Lennon, I bopped my head along to the Del-Vikings song playing, looked out at the blue suburban skies, and imagined John Lennon there, doing his dreaming, in this room at his Aunt Mimi’s. Read More

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