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Alone with a Mob
at Little Rock
Tin Pan Alley’s
Songsmiths
Virginia Fights
Brown v. Board
Freeing Slaves
Stolen at Sea
Sisterhood at
Lexington
How women nurtured
the
American Revolution
April 2022
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PHOTO CREDIT
APRIL 2022
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FEATURES
22 Sisterhood at Lexington
The April 1775 uprising was as rooted in the town’s
kitchens and parlors as on the village green.
By Mary Fuhrer
30 Alone
At 15, Elizabeth Eckford.took the longest, hardest walk of
her young life simply trying to start high school.
By Dennis Goodwin
40 Alley Cats
For American tunesmiths of a certain age, West 28th
Street in Manhattan shone as brightly as Broadway.
By Raanan Geberer
50 Poison Pill
Prince Edward County, Virginia, embodied that state’s
“massive resistance” response to school integration.
By Daniel B. Moskowitz
58 Hunting
Antelope
When the United States outlawed international trade in
slaves, slave traders answered with malign innovation.
By Daniel Laliberte
DEPARTMENTS
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ON THE COVER:
The women and girls of Lexington,
Massachusetts, were partners in rebellion with the men
and boys who lined up against the Redcoats.
6
Mosaic
History in today’s headlines
12 Contributors
14 American Schemers
Writer Ned Buntline never let the facts
get in the way of a ripping good yarn.
16 Cameo
Sam Hill—no, not that one—was a
friend-making, road-building fellow.
20 SCOTUS 101
In
Charles River Bridge,
justices found
the public weal to trump contracts.
14
The Buntline saga
should have ended
early but daring
Ned had the wit to
act like one of his
fictional characters.
66 Reviews
2 An American Place
Fairfield, Pennsylvania’s Mansion
House 1757 harkens to early times.
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES; COURTESY OF THE U.S. COAST
GUARD; GRANGER, NYC; COURTESY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY; BUFFALO BILL CENTER
OF THE WILD WEST; BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES; COVER: NIDAY PICTURE LIBRARY/
ALAMY STOCK, PHOTO/COVER ILLUSTRATION: BRIAN WALKER
APRIL 2022
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