Selma and Civil Rights
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.
USA
The First of the Hundred Days
Franklin Delano Roosevelt – widely regarded as one of the greatest of all American presidents – began his first term in office on 4 March, 1933.
Charles Lindbergh: Aviation’s Unlikely Environmentalist
A figurehead for progress before his political disgrace, in later life Lindberg became concerned about the impact of technology on the environment.
The US and the Unintended Consequences of War
The United States’ participation in military conflict has had unexpected results, and often has produced very different political outcomes to those originally intended.
Slave Resistance in the Antebellum South
Gervase Phillips examines the extent and significance of an often misunderstood phenomenon.
The First American Political Cartoon
Mark Bryant looks at the first political cartoon – and one of the most influential ever – to be published in America.
The Liberator: Daniel O’Connell and Anti-Slavery
The story of the British anti-slavery and abolitionist movements has been dominated by the figures of Clarkson and Wilberforce. Yet, the success of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 benefited from the votes of Irish MPs.
New York
Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits the Big Apple in search of its blossoming.
The Death of Louis B. Mayer
Richard Cavendish remembers the life of Louis B. Mayer, who died on October 29th, 1957.
African American Women & the Struggle for Racial Equality
Viv Sanders corrects the male bias in the study of the civil rights movement in the USA.