“Without my own intimate transatlantic experiences...I would not have fully appreciated my historical actors, many of whom lived quintessentially African diasporic, transnational, and cosmopolitan lives.” Adjetey on writing U.S. history across the diaspora

Celebrate Black History Month with the JAH’s African American history index, containing over 100 years of historical scholarship on Black Americans.

Looking for resources on teaching Black history this month? Check out this Teaching the JAH guide on Black voters in the 1960s:

Have you listened our new Podcast episode with Natasha Zaretsky yet? Listen here for all things 1980s and energy, from Jazercise to self-help to dating advice. @npzaretsky

Happy Black History Month! Read this piece on Process reflecting on fifty years of the Combahee River Collective statement and it’s importance on Black feminist thought in the United States:

New podcast alert! Natasha Zaretsky talks all things 1980s and energy, from Jazercise to self-help to dating advice. This this episode on her recent article from our December issue is available wherever you listen to podcasts now! @npzaretsky

#ThisDayInHistory 1968, Johnny Cash recorded the album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison in front of an audience of some 2,000 inmates at Folsom Prison. For an in-depth conversation about prison organizing in the 1960s–70s, see this piece from Process

#ThisDayInHistory 1901, the first major oil field in Texas was discovered near the city of Beaumont. From Process, Sarah Stanford-McIntyre on the environmental historical legacy of big oil in Texas.

#ThisDayInHistory 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt established the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis to find a cure for polio. Check out this Process article by Stephen Mawdsley on the development of the polio vaccine:

25 years ago, the United States experienced a cultural crisis surrounding Y2K. Lisa Vox reflects on this cultural phenomenon in this article from Process

Happy Holidays from the JAH! #booktree

New from the JAH Podcast! Tracey Deutsch on Julia Child, American food culture, and changing gendered experiences of food labor in the United States.

New issue of the JAH is out! Read the Presidential Address from @amhistdirector: Where Have All the Women Gone? Let's Bring Them Back before It's Too Late. Also consider the notion of cooking as a middle- and upper-class activity.

#ThisDayInHistory 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was announced. For a deeper understanding of how the policies like this impacted the formation of the U.S. nation-state, check out this interchange from the JAH archives:

#ThisDayInHistory 1978, Gary-rights activist Harvey Milk was assassinated in San Fransisco. Regionality is an important aspect of understanding queer activism in the United States. Read more on that here:

Curious about the submission, peer review, and publication process at the JAH? Check out this new episode on the JAH Podcast, where we go behind the scenes and walk through the process from submission all the way to print

#ThisDayInHistory 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act into law. Read this article by Kaeten Mistry for an analysis on whistleblowers and transnational challenges to national security discourse:

#ThisDayInHistory 1969, Native American activists began an occupation of Alcatraz Island to protest U.S. government's ongoing economic, social, and political neglect of Indigenous people. Read more about the Red Power movement here:

#ThisDayInHistory 2001, Microsoft released the first Xbox gaming console. For the use of digital technology in the classroom, see this piece by Carol Lester on using digital technology to teach American history.

#ThisDayInHistory 1990, The first World Wide Web page was written. Listen to this podcast episode detailing the importance of the Web in queer activism and organizing: