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Process History@processhistory
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We're moving! Starting in March, Process updates can be found @thejamhistory. All the same engaging ideas and historical behind-the-scenes you know and love, now alongside our other publications. You can always check out any of our existing work here. processhistory.org/
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This year is the 50th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective, which played an essential role in developing theories of intersectionality and critical race theory. To commemorate Combahee's legacies, consider submitting to our Call for Proposals! wp.me/p5JlrH-1Jy
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Black History Month is nearly over, but Black histories remain as important as ever. From the archives, a roundtable on teaching African American histories, reckoning with white supremacy, and questions of race and historical memory. processhistory.org/teaching-…
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New episode of the JAH Podcast is available now! Interim Executive Editor Stephen Andrews sits down with Yevan Terrien to discuss his September JAH article and the story of enslaved siblings Baptiste and Marianne who ran away 61 times in 9 years. #JAHCast ow.ly/wU0l50QHlh4

Yevan Terrien—Enslavement, Freedom, and Belonging in Early New Orleans

In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Steven Andrews speaks with Yevan Terrien about his article, "“Baptiste and...

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You can check out Terrien's article for yourself, available for free from the Journal! academic.oup.com/jah/article…

Baptiste and Marianne's Balbásha': Enslavement, Freedom, and Belonging in Early New Orleans,...

“Sir, I am sending you back your sauvage [Indigenous man, literally “savage”] once again, he does not deserve any pardon after so many repeated marronages

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#ThisDayinHistory 1919, Grand Canyon National Park was established, followed by Grand Teton in 1929. From the archives, Chad Lord on the NPS and expanding our concept of sites of national cultural and historical significance. processhistory.org/lord-ston…
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Our celebration of Black History Month continues! From the archives, Beth Bailey, reflects on “Why Hair Matters” and how it can help us understand the institutional logics governing the army’s responses to questions of race. processhistory.org/why-hair-…
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From the archives, Jamal Ratchford reflects on the enduring importance and unanswered calls of Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ protests at the 1968 Olympics. processhistory.org/reparatio…
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New post alert! Bonnie M. Miller explores how political cartoons reflected and depicted "imperialist desires and anxieties" using imagery of food and consumption in the wake of U.S. seizure of its first overseas colonies. Check it out below! wp.me/p5JlrH-1IY
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Coming Tuesday! Bonnie M. Miller discusses political cartoons of the Spanish-American war and depictions of imperial expansion as literal consumption. Come back next week for a fascinating exploration of the intersections of food, bodily image, and U.S. imperialism.
A black and white political cartoon. Uncle Sam holds a rifle with a loaf of bread stuck to the end. A tag hangs off the bread reading "FOR STARVING CUBA." A caption reads "The Kind of a Campaign Uncle Sam is Expected to Make and Make it Quick, Too."

ALT A black and white political cartoon. Uncle Sam holds a rifle with a loaf of bread stuck to the end. A tag hangs off the bread reading "FOR STARVING CUBA." A caption reads "The Kind of a Campaign Uncle Sam is Expected to Make and Make it Quick, Too."
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#ThisDayinHistory 1942, FDR permitted the internment of Japanese Americans by Executive Order. From the archives, Simeon Man on contemporary representations of internment. processhistory.org/beyond-re…
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Black History Month continues! From the archives, Frances Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant on the “gold star mother pilgrimages” of African American women who lost family members in World War I. processhistory.org/plant-and…
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Happy Valentine’s Day from the Process editors! Be our Valentine today and share the love by submitting to any of our ongoing calls for submissions, or share anything else you’re working on! processhistory.org/calls-for…
An old Valentine card on a black background. A cherub sits in a small boad labeled "Heart's Delight". Underneath, "To My Valentine" is written on a green background above pink flowers.

ALT An old Valentine card on a black background. A cherub sits in a small boad labeled "Heart's Delight". Underneath, "To My Valentine" is written on a green background above pink flowers.

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#ThisDayinHistory 1909, the NAACP was founded. Early proponents of teaching Black history, from the archives, Jon Hale on the continued importance of teaching Afrocentric histories. processhistory.org/afrocentr…
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Happy National Pizza Day! From the archives of our friends at The American Historian Etienne S. Benson on what we can learn from #pizzarat (yes, really), urban energy flows, and the “de-animalization” of American cities. processhistory.org/benson-th…
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Continuing our recognition of Black History Month, from the archives, Anne Gray Fischer on the entangled histories of police violence against Black and marginalized women and gentrification in American cities. processhistory.org/fischer-b…
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#ThisDayinHistory 1900, the U.S. and Britain signed the first Hay-Pauncefont Treaty, paving the way for the Panama Canal. From the archives, Kirwin Shaffer on radical resistance to U.S. control of the region. processhistory.org/shaffer-a…
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Happy Groundhog Day! Whether it’s six more weeks of winter, or you feel like you’re stuck in the same day, spice things up with a submission to any of our ongoing calls for submissions! processhistory.org/calls-for…
A group of older men in suits and top hats stand on a stage. The man in the center holds a scroll of paper. The man on the right smiles and holds a groundhog.

ALT A group of older men in suits and top hats stand on a stage. The man in the center holds a scroll of paper. The man on the right smiles and holds a groundhog.

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February is Black History Month! Come back all month as we highlight some of the great work on Black history from Process authors. In the meantime, the JAH African American History Index has been updated! Check it out here. wp.me/p5JlrH-1IG
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#ThisDayinHistory 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, setting the stage for Prohibition the following year. From the archives, Ranjit S. Dighe on the more recent craft beer movement in the U.S. and its historical roots. processhistory.org/craft-bee…

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