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NEW HISTORY

Champi
This ancient practice has become a major beauty trend.

But its history spans thousands of years. 

By Sophie Adekola
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NEW HISTORY

Mary Anning
Early English paleontologist defied the odds
By Angela Youngman
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The Lady of Cofitachequi
The original sources tell the tale of De Soto's plunder
By Nate Barker
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MICROHISTORY

THE PUTNAM LODGE
Historic Hotel in Old Florida
By Jason Phillips

Our Community Writers
Initiative

Our Content Is Community-Led

Your donations help sponsor our Community Writers, who are accomplished authors from all over the world. We think people should be paid for their intellectual and creative work. OH content is determined by our community: our writers and our readers who submit ideas, like you. 

OBSCURE
HISTORIES, JR.

THE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY CURRICULUM

FOR GRADES 4-12

Learn to write, edit, and produce a
history documentary video.
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We have a growing community of writers and subscribers. If you are a writer or interested in history and would like to submit a pitch, please click on the link below to learn more.

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Our content is determined by our community. 

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The OH Community decides on the content.

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We are a community-led online collection and a 501(c)(3). organization.

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We welcome all submissions and proposals.

Check out the Submission Guidelines to learn more about our publication process. 

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The Story

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Obscure Histories was founded in 2014 as a supplemental resource for secondary education. As our audience grew, our content expanded beyond the initial intent. We were reaching many people from around the world, and our content grew to reflect that.

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We also wanted to further prioritize histories of marginalized people. And so, in 2021, we rebooted the website, which had become too big, cumbersome, and not representative of our community. 

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Additionally, believing that quality, accessible histories should be free and open to everyone, and that contributors should be compensated for their work, we began the process of making Obscure Histories a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2022. We were approved to begin fundraising in late 2023. 

 

In 2022, we also founded OH, Jr., the educational outreach arm of OH. OH, Jr. provides curriculum that uses history stories to teach real life skills. Currently, OH, Jr. is offering our History Documentary curriculum, which teaches learners how to write and edit short, history documentaries for video. 

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Dana is currently teaching the OH, Jr. history documentary curriculum at a school in the heart of Chicago. Please use the contact forms to learn more.

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MORE HISTORIES

Whether you are a lifelong learner, a student looking for a novel paper topic, or a teacher looking for flexible and primary-sourced material, we hope to have something here to entertain and enlighten.

HISTORY WITH SCIENCE

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