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jgrossman.bsky.social
Executive Director, American Historical Association
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According to Wikipedia, Irving Berlin's "1943 production This Is The Army featured the first integrated division army unit in the United States." Looks like the composer of "God Bless America" was a "supporter of DEI" according to standards and wording articulated by certain Federal officials.

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Why is the Secretary of Defense demanding that Harvey Milk's name be removed from the USNS Harvey Milk? He says it's "DEI." No. The ship is quite reasonably named after a major American political figure who was assassinated. So the naming is totally legitimate in the tradition of ship naming.

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An excellent example of the importance of historical knowledge and of expertise www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social appeared on CNN on Friday, May 24, where he spoke about the recent cancelation of NEH grants and funding. The cuts, he emphasized, were made by DOGE, not NEH staff: “Nobody was involved who actually knew what they were talking about.” 🗃️

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AHA exec. director @jgrossman.bsky.social participated in a panel discussion as part of the Max Weber Foundation’s Historians on Democracy conversation series. Grossman participated in part one of the series, “What was, what is, and what can be done?” on April 9, 2025. Watch the discussion online 🗃️:

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Regarding the Administration's campaign against anti-semitism in Higher Ed. Read the law: "Title VI is a real law, and it has real demands, and here’s what they are, and they’re markedly different than anything the administration is claiming" www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

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It's after the 2 minute mark

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Drew Faust (Former VP @historians.org) reminds us of our "reciprocal obligation" to the past. US Army soldiers in Civil War fought to preserve democracy. Their victory was institutionalized in 13-15th Amendments.Our obligation is to preserve the word & the spirit of those amendments lnkd.in/e28mEgAU

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AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social will appear on CNN on Friday, May 23 at 7:45 p.m. ET as part of a segment on humanities funding, including the cancelation of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants and cuts to the NEH. 🗃️

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The AHA, along with the ACLS and the MLA, have filed a lawsuit to restore the programming and institutional integrity that have been stripped away from the NEH. Announcement and PDF of filing in district court are here: www.historians.org/news/america...

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My last column for Perspectives on History: www.historians.org/perspectives...

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AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social was interviewed on KNX News as part of their coverage of the 2025 presidential inauguration to discuss President Trump’s declaration that he would rename the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali.

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AHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social, @oah.org president @dblight.bsky.social, & OAH exec director Beth English co-authored an article, "Trump May Wish to Abolish the Past. We Historians Will Not" for @newrepublic.com on the executive order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” 🗃️

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The incoming administration has apparently considered reinstating the infamous 1776 Commission whose work four years ago was widely discredited. Here is why this matters: www.historians.org/perspectives...

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@jgrossman.bsky.social was featured in an ABC News article about NARA. The head of NARA, the archivist of the United States, is “the steward of those billions of records, which belong to the American people,” said Grossman. 🗃️

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My conversation with @jgrossman.bsky.social, pres of AHA @historians.org and Beth English, pres of @oah.org. about their joint statement, effects of historical censorship, data shredding, meaningful public education – and how to fight back. #History #PoliSky newbooksnetwork.com/postscript-n...

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@jgrossman.bsky.social on @npr.org about the EO targeting the Smithsonian: "It misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian, which is one of the great research institutions in the world, arguing that the Smithsonian somehow misleads people, somehow is unpatriotic...That is simply not true." 🗃️

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AHA exec director @jgrossman.bsky.social & OAH exec Beth English joined the New Books Network podcast Postscript: Conversations on Politics and Political Science to discuss “the effects of historical censorship, data shredding, meaningful public education–and what everyone can do to fight back.”🗃️

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On March 28, AHA executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social was a panel member for “’The Past is Never Dead’: U.S. Perspectives on History, Memory, and Current Challenges,” along with Desirée Cormier Smith, Margaret Huang, and Kama B. Pierce. The discussion is available to view on YouTube 🗃️:

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The other 2 are American Historical Association and American Council of Learned Societies. We hope to learn soon what the landscape looks like, what kind of lawsuit would be feasible, & how it might most effectively and efficiently be structured. You can contribute through any of the 3 organizations

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In #AHAPerspectives, executive director @jgrossman.bsky.social revisits his March 2021 column on the Trump administration’s “1776 Report.” 🗃️

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American Historical Association encourages Oklahomans invested in history education to participate in public review of draft Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies. They've done some things well; many things not so well.Please read & offer your perspective. www.historians.org/news/action-...

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The incoming administration has apparently considered reinstating the infamous 1776 Commission whose work four years ago was widely discredited. Here is why this matters: www.historians.org/perspectives...

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