Iron & Brick

The United States is world-renowned for its universities; an American degree is valued currency in every country. Beginning with Brown University’s creation of a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice in 2003, it has becoming increasingly clear that America’s oldest academic institutions need to acknowledge that they and their members were complicit with and often participated in the sale of humans. The feature articles in this issue examine several universities’ efforts to address their roles in enslavement. What comes next?

Document: “Slave Manifest of the Katherine Jackson of Georgetown,” National Archives and Records Administration, 46756382, public domain; Photo: Moregane Le Breton/Unsplash.

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Staff

Leland Renato Grigoli, editor
Laura Ansley, managing editor
Lizzy Meggyesy, research and publications assistant
Alexandra F. Levy, communications manager
Liz Townsend, manager, data administration and integrity

Featured Articles

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October 17, 2022

Features

Working through Injustice
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October 18, 2022

Features

Slavery’s Archive
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October 19, 2022

Features

A Bare and Open Truth
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October 20, 2022

Features

Changing the Landscape
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October 27, 2022

Everything Has a History

The Short Telescope
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October 25, 2022

Viewpoints

The Historical Discipline Has an Ableist Problem

From the AHA

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October 13, 2022

AHA Activities

Four More Years
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October 6, 2022

AHA Annual Meeting

Abstract of the Presidential Address at the 2023 Annual Meeting
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October 11, 2022

AHA Activities

Art as Historical Method

Other Articles

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October 4, 2022

From the Editor, Townhouse Notes

Alma Mater
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October 5, 2022

Land Acknowledgments
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October 31, 2022

In Memoriam

R. Keith Schoppa (1943–2022)
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October 31, 2022

Letters to the Editor

Another View of “Is History History?”
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November 1, 2022

On Contract, Perspectives Daily

From Contingent to Tenure Track and Back Again
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November 3, 2022

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Beyond the Liberty Bell
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November 4, 2022

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Casey R. Olthaus
AHA23 Annual Conference Poster.

November 18, 2022

AHA Annual Meeting, Perspectives Daily

Locked Up
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November 21, 2022

Perspectives Daily

Searching for Lutiant

News

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October 31, 2022

News

Advocacy Briefs, November 2022