Presents the social and political history of the United States through contemporary source materials from the era of Reconstruction to the present day.

Writing the American Past reproduces dozens of untranscribed, handwritten documents, offering students the opportunity to transcribe, decipher, and interpret pr

A peer-reviewed open U.S. History Textbook released under a CC BY SA 3.0 Unported License.

“Stony the Road presents a bracing alternative to Trump-era white nationalism. . . . In our current politics we recognize African-American history—the spot