BMCC History

A shout-out from The New York Times of the late Jesse Lemisch, professor for many years at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with whom we are articulated.

How a Radical Historian Saved the Schlock of ’76 (Gift Article) Yale’s Bicentennial Schlock collection offers a window into the star-spangled commercialism that swept the country 50 years ago.

We will probably be seeing a lot more going down the memory hole as the 250th anniversary rolls around.

How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia (Gift Article) The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?

"For the president and the right-wing culture warriors who are pushing these revisions, the real offense of these museums is that they finally tell the truth about American history — who benefited and who suffered — in an unsparing way."

Opinion | Trump’s Cultural Revolution Is Just Getting Started Art can only be effective at illuminating and healing if it is unconstrained by authority.

Historians Defend the Smithsonian - AHA The American Historical Association has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely...