This is the grave of Winthrop Jordan. Born in 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Jordan came out of the old liberal elite of Massachusetts, including having Lucretia Mott and Edward Hallowell, one of t
This is the grave of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Born in 1832 in Granville, Ohio, Bancroft grew up in an abolitionist and religious household that was interested in reform movements generally, as most aboli
This is the grave of Robin Winks. Born in 1930 in Indiana, Winks grew up on the road, as his family tried to find their bearings during the Depression. They ended up in Colorado, where he was a star h
The idiot president of the American Historical Association, James Sweet, permanently destroyed his reputation in much of the profession through his ill-thought out essay on “presentism,” i
This is the grave of Bernard Bailyn. Born in 1922 in Hartford, Bailyn grew up in a wealthy Jewish family. He got into Williams, not so easy for Jews at that time. He graduated in 1945 rather than join
This is the grave of John Spencer Bassett. Born in 1867 in Tarboro, North Carolina, Bassett was a white kid in the Reconstruction era and its aftermath, but he had a very different response to it than
This is the grave of John Blassingame. Born in 1940 in Covington, Georgia, Blassingame grew up in the Jim Crow South but managed to become one of the few Black students to get a higher education. He g
This is the grave of Carter Woodson. Born in 1875 in New Canton, Virginia, to illiterate ex-slaves, Woodson grew up as poor as any young Black southerner in the post-Reconstruction period. His father