Measuring Political Change in Reconstruction Texas
Two Counties in Crisis offers a rare opportunity to observe how local political cultures are transformed by state and national events. Utilizing an interdisciplinary fusion of history and political science, Robert J. Dillard analyzes two disparate Texas counties-traditionalist Harrison County and individualist Collin County-and examines four ......
Archive Activism is a memoir of activism rooted in a new way to converse with history-by rescuing it. Archive activists discover documents and other important materials often classified, "gone missing," or sealed that somehow escaped the fireplace or shredder. It is an approach to LGBTQ advocacy and policy activism based on citizen archivery and ......
This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2022 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNT's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First place winner: Jason Fagone, "The Jessica Simulation: Love and Loss in the Age of A.I.," about one man's attempt to still communicate with his dead fiancEe (San Francisco Chronicle). Second ......
Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas enlarges upon two publications by the late Dr. Mamie McKnight's organization, Black Dallas Remembered-First African American Families of Dallas (1987) and African American Families and Settlements of Dallas (1990). Our Stories is the history of Black citizens of Dallas going about their lives in freedom, ......
The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics during the Vietnam War
Despite all that has been written about Vietnam, the story of the 1-A-O conscientious objector, who agreed to put on a uni-form and serve in the field without weapons rather than accept alternative service outside the military, has received scarce atten-tion. This joint memoir by two 1-A-O combat medics, James C. Kearney and William H. Clamurro, ......
How the Saturday Evening Post Reported World War I
An elite team of reporters brought the Great War home each week to ten million readers of the Saturday Evening Post. As America's largest circulation magazine, the Post hired the nation's best-known and best-paid writers to cover World War I. The Weekly War provides a history of the unique record Post storytellers created of World War I, the ......
Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, and composer Cedar Walton (1934-2013) is a major figure in jazz, associated with a variety of styles from bebop to funk and famous for composing several standards. Born and raised in Dallas, Walton studied music in Denver, where he jammed with musicians such as Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. In 1955, ......
Although spare, sweeping landscapes may appear "empty," plains and prairies afford a rich, unique aesthetic experience-one of quiet sunrises and dramatic storms, hidden treasures and abundant wildlife, infinite horizons and omnipresent wind, all worthy of contemplation and celebration. In this series of narratives, photographs, and hand-drawn ......
The History of US Air Force Forward Air Controllers, from the Meuse-Argonne to Mosul
US Air Force Forward Air Controllers (FACs) bridge the gap between air and land power. They operate in the grey area of the battlefield, serving as an aircrew who flies above the battlefield, spots the enemy, and relays targeting information to control close air support attacks by other faster aircraft. When done well, Air Force FACs are the ......
