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We are pleased to announce the publication of Dr. Steve Prince's book - The Ballad of Robert Charles: Searching for the New Orleans Riot of 1900. Congratulations!

Dr. David Johnson was featured in a recent piece in the esteemed journal, Nature, about NASA considering the renaming of the James Webb Telescope due to the potential involvement of the telescope's namesake in the Lavender Scare during the 1950s. Read more about it here!

Dr. Raymond Arsenault's book, "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice," was featured in a New York Times article about a defining moment in the life of the late politician and activist John Lewis.