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Greek Myths Have Scary Ideas About Robots and A.I.
While robots and artificial intelligence may seem like recent concepts, some argue that those ideas originated in ancient Greece.
Between Two Worlds: Black Women and the Fight for Voting Rights
Read this article to learn about the efforts of Black women like Ida B. Wells, who worked hard to secure the right to vote for all Americans, regardless of their race or gender.
Eddie Jaku: Holocaust survivor and peace campaigner dies aged 101
Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku, dies at age 101. Read about his extraordinary life and inspiring message.
The Lithuanian Immigrant Who Launched the First Women’s College Basketball Game
Read about how the Mother of Women’s Basketball defied expectation for female athletes and forever changed sports history.
When Industrialists Got Rich, Architecture Went Wild
From white marble to gold, homes of the wealthy in the Gilded Age featured opulent details. Learn about the architects who built these extravagant homes.
Dunlap Broadside History
Visit this online exhibit to learn about the Dunlap Broadside, one of the first printed copies of the Declaration of Independence.
America’s True History of Religious Tolerance
Freedom of religion has brought many immigrants to the United States. This article traverses the complex and largely unacknowledged historical struggle for religious tolerance in the United States.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier had its first all-female guard change in history
Learn about the guard change ceremony and why this one was so important.
More ‘disease’ than ‘Dracula’—how the vampire myth was born
Historians still aren’t quite certain of vampires’ origins, but they have theories. Read more to find out what they are.
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)
Learn about the holiday’s origins and how it is celebrated.
Why is this 2,500 year old shipwreck so well-preserved?
Watch this video to learn why so many ships are found in the depths of the Black Sea.
Fortnite’s Civil Rights Movement Inclusion Was Well-Intentioned But Messy
Is a popular video game an appropriate venue for teaching young people about the Civil Rights movement? Click here to find out what happened when Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech was featured in Fortnite.
Cesar Chavez
| Read about how Mexican-American Cesar Chavez forever changed the history of American Labor rights. He succeeded in bettering the lives of farm workers nationwide through his nonviolent efforts. |
The Netherlands unveils its first national Holocaust monument
| Discover the impact and significance of the Netherlands’ first national Holocaust monument. |
Labor Wars in the U.S.
This detailed timeline describes several key conflicts in the historic struggle between prosperous industrialists and the workers whose labor drove their profits.
5 Real-Life Examples of Fairy Tales Coming True
Turns out some of the afflictions in well-known fairy tales can be scientifically explained.
In 1865, thousands of Black South Carolinians signed a 54-foot-long freedom petition
Read about some of the objects on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
America’s First Immigration Center Was Also an Amusement Park
| Castle Garden, originally a Revolutionary Era fort, was repurposed into an amusement park for fashionable New Yorkers in the late 1800s. Then it became the nation’s first immigrant welcome center. Read this short feature to discover how. |
Extreme Dining in the Gilded Age
| Wealthy Americans of the Gilded Age often indulged in extravagance—even when hosting dinner parties. This short article features important dinner etiquette for hosts and guests, and even includes a menu. |