Responding to Baltimore: A role for public historians? (Part 2)

21 May 2015 – Linda Shopes

Editors’ Note: Readers can find Part 1 here. This post continues a short list of what history, public and otherwise, as well as allied disciplines, can do in the face of events like those that have engulfed Baltimore.

Third, beyond documentation, history can support change in the present. Read More

Responding to Baltimore: A role for public historians? (Part 1)

14 May 2015 – Linda Shopes 6

Events in Baltimore during the last couple of weeks following the death of Freddie Gray apparently after a questionable arrest have precipitated a great deal of commentary, ranging from the thoughtful to the bloviating. Likewise, interest in a more activist, civically engaged public history has been generating considerable discussion, both descriptive and hortatory. Read More