WV Humanities Council CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at […]
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Editorial encore: The legacy of 9/11
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally published Sept. 11, 2021. The average college student has no true memory of Sept. 11, 2001. […]
It is a remarkable thing when an entire country changes its mind
by David M. Shribman Andrew Jackson, once almost universally admired as a personification of refreshing democratic values, now is considered a prosecutor of genocide. Ulysses Grant, once […]
History behind John Lewis monument
by Bill Torpy If you’re talking about seismic events in American history, like the civil rights movement and the Civil War, then it’s time to unearth William […]
Reagan: The movie
The producers didn’t plan for the biopic about the life of Ronald Reagan to open so close to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but delays caused […]
Women history forgot (Part 4)
“Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” — Inez Milholland, 1916. As we previously discussed, suffragists argued women should qualify as “persons and citizens of […]
How I cost Democrats the presidency in 1968
by Carl P. Leubsdorf As the Democrats prepare to meet next week in Chicago, I thought back to their tumultuous 1968 convention, the third of the 27 […]
This week in West Virginia history
WV Humanities Council The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Women history forgot (Part 3)
As we’ve previously written, the women’s suffrage movement did not begin at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. More importantly, Seneca Falls influenced an entire new generation […]
Century of history as Met turns 100
There will be a double birthday celebration downtown this weekend as the city recognizes what would be Don Knotts’ 100th birthday and what is the Metropolitan Theatre’s […]
