History

June 12 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary for the state ...

Last week, I had the unique experience of driving to Demopolis, Alabama, (the recent subject of a Forward article about ...

Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting Ashland, Kentucky, to conduct a series of oral history interviews.  The trip ...

Every few years, national reporters rediscover the phenomenon of the “disappearing southern Jew.” This week, Seth Berkman of the Forward ...

Whenever I get ready to go on a long research trip, I put together a detailed itinerary, listing each library, ...

Last week, the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill setting up a procedure to pardon the Scottsboro Boys, ...

Today is Yom HaShoah, and while the atrocities committed by the Nazis and their collaborators may seem very distant from ...

For those of you with teams in the tournament, or whose brackets are still alive, enjoy the weekend.  I’ve been ...

I’d like to preface today’s post by saying that while I *wish* this were some sort of April Fool’s Day ...

Today’s post features more Jewish history from Kentucky, the most recent state completed in our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities.  When ...