No Ordinary Man: General John A. Rawlins
June 16, 2021
The following is a guest blog post by Allen J. Ottens, author of General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man.
No visitor to the Galena (IL) and U.S…. READ MORE
History – American
Alexander Hamilton’s Forgotten Son
March 23, 2021
The following is a guest blog post by A. K. Fielding, author of Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s Forgotten Son.… READ MORE
Journal of Modern Literature Call for Papers
April 23, 2020
1922 and After: A Centenary of Modernism and World Literature
Drawing upon anthropological, psychological, and philosophical knowledge as well as personal experiences, the high modernists wrote their now-famous classics,… READ MORE
Enter to win a copy of ‘Muslim Americans in the Military’
October 19, 2016
We are giving away a copy of new release Muslim Americans in the Military by Edward E. Curtis IV. Fill out the form below for a chance to win!… READ MORE
Plowed Under receives Working Class Studies Association Award
May 30, 2016
Each year, the Working Class Studies Association (WCSA) recognizes outstanding new work that contributes to the field of working-class studies. This year, Plowed Under by Ann Folino White won the CLR James Award…. READ MORE
New book explores the Ku Klux Klan’s surprising use of film
December 6, 2015
One hundred years ago today, D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation began its record-breaking run in Atlanta. Less than a week before the film's Atlanta premiere, William Simmons launched a new incarnation of the Klan,… READ MORE
New documentary about Julius Rosenwald to be released this Friday
August 13, 2015
Rosenwald, a new documentary about the successful American businessman and Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, will have its theatrical debut this Friday at the Sunshine Cinema in New York City. … READ MORE
Read a free article from Film History on racism in Hollywood
February 6, 2015
This article examines classical Hollywood’s struggle over whether the word “nigger” could be used onscreen, a battle centered at the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), an organization the film industry formed in 1922 to fend off public outcry against its controversies.
Is ‘Selma’ a turning point for how we remember Martin Luther King, Jr.?
January 19, 2015
By Jennifer J. Yanco
Ava DuVernay’s film Selma captures the sense of terror and the extremes of violence that were unleashed on those who dared to challenge the racist order in Selma in 1965…. READ MORE
Podcast: Dean Kotlowski discusses Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR
January 7, 2015
On this episode of the IU Press podcast, Dean Kotlowski discusses his new book Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR. McNutt was governor of Indiana,… READ MORE