Unhappy Anniversary: One Year Since Trump’s Brutish Assault on History It’s a year to the day since Trump’s executive order on American history. It’s just as idiotic and offensive now as it was then.

A portrait of Frederick Douglass, circa 1879. Historian David Blight speaks at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival about his book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.” When it comes to staying informed ...

Historians Jon Meacham and David Blight are no strangers to the long view of America — a slice of that proverbial "arc of history" once noted by Martin Luther King, Jr. But the rest of that MLK quote ...

David Blight, known for his multiple best-selling books about history, will be at Indiana State University as part of the University Speaker Series at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 in Tilson Auditorium. The event ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 21—Author and historian David Blight's talk at Indiana State University has been canceled. The event was scheduled to take ...

DAVID W. BLIGHT is Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. His books include Race ...