Organization of American Historians
@The_OAH
World's largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of US history. Publishes @thejamhistory, #TheAmHistorian, #ProcessHistory
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#ThisDayinHistory 1919, legendary folk singer Pete Seeger was born. From the Process archives, a roundtable on histories of prisoner organizing, including a 1971 strike supported by Seeger. Available below! processhistory.org/prisoners-righโฆ
#ThisDayinHistory 1986, a nuclear power plant at Chernobyl exploded, leading to mass evacuation and radiation exposure. From Process, Natasha Zaretsky on the U.S. case of Three Mile Island and legacies of nuclear contamination. processhistory.org/zaretsky-threeโฆ
#ThisDayinHistory 1898, Spain declared war on the United States, eventually leading to U.S. possession of Spanish colonies. From Process, Bonnie M. Miller on U.S. understandings of its expanding empire in contemporary political cartoons. processhistory.org/miller-imperiaโฆ