Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...
Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became “Black History Month” in 1976, he sought not ...