Immigration, the hallmark issue of the Trump presidency, was front page news all year. Assaults on birthright citizenship, Trump’s family separation policy, a new proposed public charge rule, the asylum ban, the lowest refugee cap ever, fearmongering the migrant caravan,…
In 2017 IEHS scholars made history
In 2017, historians entered the fray. Immigration and ethnic history society scholars, especially, have been called to bring historical thinking and analysis to policy issues and public debates about immigration, citizenship, borders, white supremacy, and vulnerable and marginalized communities. Not…
Kelly Lyons, “The Pledge of Allegiance and the Perils of Quiet Nativism”
In July 1892, Francis Bellamy delivered an address titled “Americanism in the Public Schools” at the annual meeting of the National Educational Association (NEA). Bellamy, a former Christian socialist minister from Boston, hoped to gain the support of prominent educators…
