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JSHR: Journal of Student Historical Research

About the Journal

JSHR is an academic journal of the Department of History, Geography, Political Science, and Africana Studies, Tennessee State University. It is devoted to publishing outstanding research and scholarly essays by students of the department on issues of historical importance. The articles and other publications in the journal deal with a broad range of issues on political, economic, social, cultural, intellectual, and diplomatic history of the United States and other lands. Each volume of the journal contains senior projects, primary sources essays, and book reviews.

The journal aims at promoting student research, writing, and general academic development through scholarly publication. It provides free access to full PDF version of articles which can be downloaded and printed. The journal is published once a year in January.

Editor

Dr. Adebayo Oyebade

Faculty Editorial Board

Dr. Michael Bertrand
Dr. Keisha Brown
Dr. Elizabeth Dachowski
Dr. Andrew Patrick
Dr. Marquita Reed
Dr. Andrea Ringer
Dr. Learotha Williams

Issues

Vol. 2, Fall 2014

ARTICLES
Lawrence of Arabia’s Legacy: Reality of a Mirage?
Chaz Goad
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Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh: Blood Brothers
Rick Daniel Hallbeck
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Lynching in America: A Case Study of Ed Johnson (Perspective I)
Maria I. Arbelaez-Lopez
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Lynching in America: A Case Study of Ed Johnson (Perspective II)
Jessica Bach
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BOOK REVIEW
William Blum, America’s Deadliest Export Democracy: The Truth About U.S. Foreign Policy and Everything Else, (New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2013), 353 pp.
Jiyar K. Gundi
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CONTRIBUTORS
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Vol. 1, Fall 2013

ARTICLES
Aloha Oe: The End of the Hawaiian Monarchy: Examining Sugar’s Effects on the Reign of Hawaii’s Final Queen
Daryl F. Bobo
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The Devil’s in the Details: A Comprehensive Look at the Salem Witch Mania of 1692
Ashley Layhew
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A Political Union: The Relationship of Alice Paul and Woodrow Wilson
Abby Crenshaw
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Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Maria C. Witherspoon
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BOOK REVIEW
Catherine M. Lewis and J. Richard Lewis, Jim Crow America: A Documentary History, (Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2009), 234 pp.
Chantell Copeland
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CONTRIBUTORS
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Contact Us

If you have questions or interest in the journal, please contact us.

Dr. Adebayo Oyebade
Professor of History
210A Crouch Hall
(615) 963-5506
aoyebade@tnstate.edu