Jim Downs is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Connecticut College. He is the editor of Taking Back the Academy: History of Activism, History as Activism and Why We Write: The Politics and Practice of Writing for Social Change.

Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation
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Maladies of Empire: How Slavery, Imperialism, and War Transformed Medicine
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Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction
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Why We Write
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The Book Of Positive Qualities
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World War II: OSS Tragedy in Slovakia
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Taking Back the Academy!: History of Activism, History as Activism
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The Real World of Mission San Luis Rey
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Making Medicine Ours: How Ordinary People Changed American Healthcare
Releases 4/14/2026