Recently a historian lauded the American Historical Association for resisting attacks on academia. But under its leadership, according to the AHA’s own figures, history majors have fallen 40% since 2012 and tenure-track openings have reached their lowest level since the 1970s. Evaluations of the AHA must account for its role in the forces responsible for these continuing trends. Embracing identity politics and the agenda of the progressive left, the AHA has participated in history’s capture by identitarian activists. Rather than act as a moderating force to protect the discipline’s popularity among students and the perceived value of its content, it has chosen to promote woke activism. Many excellent historians remain devoted to research. Most of them have gone along with their profession’s takeover solely to avoid career risk. They are intensely frustrated by the shrinking field. In private, they will say that the AHA is an impediment to reversing the trends that have produced the discipline’s present condition.