As courts consider North Carolina’s voting districts, we review the long history of gerrymandering in the state.

Beyond the transcript, oral history interviews have a second life as primary sources for short films.

Black History Month Feature: The history of Thomas Downing's legacy regarding the oyster industry in 19th century New York.

An interview with Dr. Linda Jacobs on her talk at NC State “Creating Illusions: Arabs in America’s Fairs, 1876-1896,” which discussed the role of Syrian performers, merchants, and travelers at world’s fairs in the late nineteenth-century. 

A review of the controversy surrounding “The Case for Colonialism,” which appeared in the journal Third World Quarterly in September. 

Students viewed the documentary "An Outrage: a documentary film about lynching in the American South" as part of Dr. Booker’s HI 254 Modern American History class.

This post is an interview with NC State History MA Student Andrew Sperling and filmmakers Lance Warren and Hannah Ayers. On September 19, 2017, they screened An Outrage for history students and interested visitors at NC State.

Legacy Contamination: Where the Past is Present

What should be done with street signs that memorialize Confederate soldiers?

Early French examples can provide instruction for America's current border problems, and show how complex problems do not have simple solutions.

Famed theologian Reinhold Niebuhr's legacy serves as an example to history students interested in using their skills to influence society.

Welcome to Brick by Brick: History in the Present Tense.

In Spring of 2021, the HI 589: Interpretation in Historic Sites class, developed a campus tour dedicated to the complicated legacies of different figures preserved in the landscape of N.C. State University.