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The call for reparations for people of African descent to compensate for slavery has a long history, but it has been discussed more broadly and gained support in recent years. Illinois, California and New York have established commissions to examine how to address the repercussions of slavery and...

The History Department is delighted to welcome Professor Laura Goffman, our new Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern history. Goffman is an historian of public health, empire, and social change in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.

Dr. Adrian Burgos, Jr., a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies individuals from Latin America came to, worked in, and were recruited to play baseball in the U.S.  Read more: ...

When huge herds of bison roamed the Great Plains... Read more:  https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/859024435.

Congratulations to Professor Leslie Reagan who has received the Robert W. Schaefer Professorship in Liberal Arts & Sciences.

See who in the History Department received new ranks for 2023-2024.

Illinois public schools will be required to teach students about Native American history in the state beginning with the 2024-25 school year.

Professor Dave Beck discusses the history of Native American boarding schools in Illinois with Northern Public Radio.

An educational read by Professor Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua on Juneteenth has been published on the Library of Congress website.

Get to know the story of Palmares, an autonomous settlement founded by people escaping slavery in Brazil in the 1600s.  Watch it on TEDEd:  https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-kingdom-...