African American,
Cold War,
Diplomacy,
Education,
Memory,
Post-Vietnam,
Poverty,
Religion,
Southern,
Urban,
Vietnam Era,
Women,
World War II
In spring 2015, Dickinson students in History 118 (US Since 1877) conducted oral histories and produced essays with multi-media appendixes (such as podcasts or videos). Several of these extraordinary projects have been featured in this Storify essay summarizing their work.…
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In spring 2015, Dickinson student Caly McCarthy interviewed her father Joseph McCarthy about his recollections of the city of Washington DC in the aftermath of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination in 1968. The gripping interview also formed the basis…
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Student contributors for this project include undergraduates from Dickinson College and graduate students who have participated in Matthew Pinsker’s online courses for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In some cases, we also have middle and high school student contributors,…
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