This site highlights major achievements in President Kennedy’s expansion of the space program. Learn more about the “space race” between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as access historic speeches online.
This article describes the chain of events that led to the 1969 Supreme Court decision that protected students’ right to free speech.
Historian Camilla Townsend dispels some of the myths about Pocahontas.
In this biography of Abigail Adams, you’ll learn how she helped shape the role of First Lady of the United States.
Read this article to learn what collective reparations are. Watch the video to see how one village in Colombia was affected by war and how the program will help them restore their community.
Read the descriptions and listen to the clips of protest songs from American history.
Read or listen to this account of Abraham Lincoln’s mindset leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. View the artwork depicting the event at the bottom of article.
Read about the historic Plessy v. Ferguson court decision and about how the two namesakes’ ancestors have joined together to form a foundation that seeks to educate the public about the importance of the case.
Earlier this year, archaeologists found a pendant at the site of the concentration camp in Sobibor, Poland. This article explains how the pendant is related to the story of Anne Frank.
A recently discovered photograph shows Harriet Tubman as a young woman. Click on this link to learn about the historical significance of the photo.
Russia’s 1917 Revolution strove to free the people from the imperial rule of the Czars. As with the Arab Spring, though, a successful revolution was no guarantee of freedom from oppression.
As the United States government took over the West, a concerted effort to “kill the Indian” through education developed. Hear the stories of Native Americans forcibly separated from their culture.
After the 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed a large portion of San Francisco, refugee camps of very small houses were built. They were later moved to different parts of the city and some still exist today. Click through the photos at the top of the article to see some of them.
An historic letter written by George Washington is the inspiration for a cantata recently performed at a Jewish congregation in Philadelphia. Read why the creators of the musical piece found the document to still be relevant and important.
Read this introduction of the standings of the United States and Mexico before the Mexican-American War. Click the different sections in the drop-down menu for more in-depth explanations and insights.
Columbia University history professor Eric Foner argues that Reconstruction ended before it could become truly successful, and he draws parallels to current affairs.
Should Confederate monuments be preserved? Some people believe they are important memorials to American history, while others find them offensive or see them as symbols of slavery. Read to learn how the governments of Alabama and other southern states have handled this issue.
Using Twitter, Bana al-Abed has chronicled her experience of the war in Syria. For this reason, she has been called a modern-day Anne Frank. Read to learn more about this remarkable young girl and her evacuation from Aleppo.
Twenty-first century revolutionaries have a powerful tool not available to previous generations. Read about how technology aided the Arab Spring.
Learn about how a Supreme Court case nearly a century ago has influenced our approach to the freedom of speech.
