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March 22, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

#PressforProgress Reading List: Key Books on Women in Media

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In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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March 15, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music

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 In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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March 13, 2018

Authors on Issues: Jane Rhodes on “Black Panther” Mania

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The following is a guest post from Jane Rhodes, the author of Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon.  The Revolution has come. . . […]

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March 12, 2018 (March 8, 2018)

Q&A with Derek Vaillant, Author of “Across the Waves”

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Derek W. Vaillant is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935. He recently answered […]

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March 8, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

#PressforProgress Reading List: Must-read books on Women in Labor

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  In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for […]

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March 7, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

Women in Film: In 2017, “Time’s Up”

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In Jane M. Gaines newest book, Pink-Slipped: What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries?, she rediscovers the previously overlooked women of the silent era that were instrumental in the earliest […]

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March 1, 2018 (February 28, 2018)

#PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Politics

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In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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February 22, 2018 (February 12, 2018)

#ReadingBlackout: Essential books on Black History and Politics

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This black history month, UIP is joining the #ReadingBlackout challenge and we want you to too! The Reading Blackout challenge was created by YouTuber Denise D. Cooper and it’s a […]

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February 15, 2018 (February 12, 2018)

#ReadingBlackout: 4 Great Books on Black Music

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This black history month, UIP is joining the #ReadingBlackout challenge and we want you to too! The Reading Blackout challenge was created by YouTuber Denise D. Cooper and it’s a […]

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February 8, 2018 (March 4, 2022)

5 More Books for your #ReadingBlackout List

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This black history month, UIP is joining the #ReadingBlackout challenge and we want you to too! The Reading Blackout challenge was created by YouTuber Denise D. Cooper and it’s a […]

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January 18, 2018 (January 19, 2018)

Q&A with Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra, editors of “New Italian Migrations to the United States”

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Laura E. Ruberto is a professor of Humanities at Berkeley City College in the Department of Arts and Cultural studies, and Joseph Sciorra is the Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the […]

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January 16, 2018 (March 26, 2018)

Q&A with Sandra M. Bolzenius, author of “Glory in Their Spirit”

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Sandra M. Bolzenius is a former instructor at The Ohio State University and served as a transportation specialist in the United States Army. She recently answered some questions about her forthcoming […]

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