Juneteenth and collective progress
Douglas Flowe discusses the history of Juneteenth and its continued resonance for all Americans.
a newsletter for alumni and friends of WashU History
Major global events like the COVID-19 pandemic make failures in our health education system startlingly apparent. Last summer, Kiegan Baranski, Class of 2020 and a graduate of the minor in medical humanities, wrote about the 1939-40 World’s Fair exhibit “The Hall of Man” and its successor, the Cleveland Health Museum. By inviting questions and hands-on interaction, these museum models encouraged the public to become “captains of their own learning.”
As members of the Department of History at Washington University, we commit ourselves to identifying and interrupting the mechanisms of power that have enabled this injustice to continue for so long.
new books and book recommendations from our faculty
The Shadow King
Uncontrollable Blackness
Sowande' Mustakeem St. Louis Public Radio
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