History Commons

History Commons
Founded2001 (2001)
FounderDerek Mitchell, Michael Bevin
Type501(c)(3)
20-5530331
Registration no.C2842250
Location
OwnerCenter for Grassroots Oversight, Inc.
Websitewww.historycommons.org
Formerly called
Center for Cooperative Research

The History Commons is a website and organization that documents events and issues of great social and political significance via detailed timelines. The History Commons operates under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license.[1] It was originally sponsored by The Global Center,[2] a 501(c)(3) organization, and is now operated by the Center for Grassroots Oversight, itself a 501(c)3 organization.[3] The website was previously named Center for Cooperative Research, and was located at cooperativeresearch.org.[4] On November 11, 2022, it was reported that the site is offline "indefinitely" and "funding and expertise is needed for a site rebuild."[5]

  1. ^ "Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license". Creativecommons.org. 19 June 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  2. ^ "The Global Center". Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  3. ^ "About this Site". History Commons. 1999-02-22. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  4. ^ James Ridgeway (2004-04-13). "Timeline of Tragedy". Village Voice. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  5. ^ Larson, Erik. "HistoryCommons.org - Revolutionary Site Offline Indefinitely". Medium. Retrieved 16 March 2023.