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Department Endorses AHA Statement on George Floyd’s Death & its Place in the Nation’s Violent History

The Department of History at the University of Alabama endorses the below statement from the American Historical Association on the killing of George Floyd and his death’s place in the violent history of the United States. The AHA has issued a statement urging a reckoning with the United States’ deplorable record of violence against African Americans, a record that stretches back centuries. The killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers stands within this sordid national tradition […]

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AHA’s Perspectives on History Features Dr. Bart Elmore’s “An Environmental History of the Real Thing.”

The October 2015 American Historical Association’s Perspectives on History newsmagazine features an article by Assistant Professor Bart Elmore.   An Environmental History of the Real Thing Bartow J. Elmore, October 2015 “Seven years ago, I set out to write a history of how the Real Thing, Coca-Cola, affected real ecologies in the real world. What drew me to the project was the sheer ubiquity of this firm that started in my hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. Here was a company that operated […]

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