June 27, 2019
What Are These Civil Rights Laws?
The context and aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to kill the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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June 26, 2019
Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn
A virtual tour from the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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June 25, 2019
May We Entertain You?
On the explosions, reenactments, and flying animals that made Vauxhall Gardens a hot spot.
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June 24, 2019
A Bureaucratic Prologue to Same-Sex Marriage
The weddings made possible by local bureaucrats and broad legal language.
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June 21, 2019
The Rest Is History
Mozart, Jazzercise, and acknowledging—and being tied to—America’s past.
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June 17, 2019
The Immortal Mind of the Archive
On Irene Aloha Wright’s adventures and explorations in Florida history.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.