Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
Branch Rickey’s Law: How New York State’s Ives-Quinn Act Opened the Door for Jackie Robinson
(2022-05-10)
The breaking of baseball’s color barrier in 1945 was an important victory in the long, ongoing
struggle for racial equality in America. Over the years, it has been a fertile subject for
historians, scholars, and artists. ...
William Rehnquist: Dogged Ideologue
(2022-12-20)
This thesis explores the life and career of William Rehnquist, the sixteenth Chief Justice of the United States. It argues that he was deeply and consistently ideological throughout his life, committed to strongly held ...
Unleashed: John Lindsay and the Vietnam War
(2021-05-24)
This thesis examines New York City Mayor John Lindsay’s calculated decision to side with the Vietnam anti-war movement as part of his re-election strategy in 1969 and how that stance influenced the pro-war movement’s role ...
The Evolving Nerve Center: Core Roles and Responsibilities of the White House Situation Room.
(2023-04-25)
The Situation Room was established to be a nerve center of information for the President; a single touch point for the President to access unbiased apolitical information to aid in their decision-making. The need for a ...
Texas Slave Narratives Expose Effectiveness of "General Order No. 3": The Fragmentation of Juneteenth's Emancipated
(2023-05-03)
The language of General Order No. 3, “the Juneteenth Order,” exposes the complexities of freedom for roughly two hundred fifty thousand enslaved black Texans; therein, archival slave narratives challenge how its constructs ...
Politica Dynastia: Lodge, Kennedy, and the Escalation of the War in Vietnam
(2021-05-14)
In the Spring of 1963, President John F. Kennedy faced a political conundrum over his policy in South Vietnam. As President, he oversaw the epic failure at the Bay of Pigs, stood idle while the Soviets built a wall in ...
Adopting a Home: Il Circolo Italo-Americano and the Local Network that Opened Doors for Boston’s Italian Immigrants, 1903-1915
(2022-05-10)
This thesis investigates how Boston’s Italian immigrants accessed and engaged with resources that would help them navigate their new city during the early twentieth century. Using the archives of Il Circolo Italo-Americano, ...
Rolling Thunder and Lyndon Johnson: How the Failures of a Military Operation Led to Johnson’s Decision not to Seek Re-election in 1968
(2023-04-20)
In April 1965, President Johnson announced the start of Operation Rolling Thunder, an air campaign aimed at forcing North Vietnam into submission during the Vietnam War. The operation would prove to be an absolute failure, ...
Abraham Lincoln and the Wisdom of History
(2021-05-24)
While many historians have commented on Abraham Lincoln’s use of the past, none have systematically analyzed it throughout his political career. To conduct this analysis, it was necessary to consult Lincoln’s surviving ...
Ministers, Martyrs, and Mystics: Religious Antiwar Activists in the Vietnam Era
(2024-05-03)
This thesis is a biographical exploration of the lives and experiences of five individuals who came to protest the Vietnam War due to their religious beliefs: A.J. Muste, who was ordained as a Dutch Reform minister but ...