Apartheid’s roots: The Natives Lands Act
Source: BBC
Apartheid, the system of racial segregation that controlled South Africa until the 1990s, was set in place through a law from over a century ago that unfairly allotted land.
History
Women Explorers
Source: National Geographic
This is a great visual timeline of famous women explorers who made their mark in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Driehaus exhibit flips through pages of satirical magazine Puck
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
A Chicago museum exhibits the lifestyle and political cartoons from Puck magazine, a source for satirical commentary during the Gilded Age.
College move-in day: What would Henry David Thoreau say?
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Columnist Danny Heitman compares the relative luxuries of his daughter’s LSU college dorm room to what famed author Henry David Thoreau experienced at Harvard in the 1830s.
Poems of the American Revolution
Source: Academy of American Poets
Throughout history, poets have attempted to interpret the nation’s founding.
Top 10 Civil War Innovations: Slide Show
Source: Discovery News
From pocket watches and standard shoe sizes to rifles and battleships, many new products were invented during the Civil War.
Elie Wiesel Taught the World How to Confront Atrocities
Source: National Geographic
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, passed away on July 2, 2016. Read to learn more about the impact of his life’s work.
Opinion: We Didn’t Domesticate Dogs. They Domesticated Us.
Source: National Geographic
How did prehistoric wolves gradually become domesticated dogs? The authors of the book The Genius of Dogs offer their view.
Author Says a Whole Culture—Not a Single “Homer”—Wrote “Iliad,” “Odyssey”
Source: National Geographic
The tale of the Trojan War reached 21st-century readers largely through the oral tradition. Learn about its source and why it still matters today.
City of Verona
Source: United Nations
The Italian city that serves as the setting of Romeo & Juliet’s tragic tale has a remarkable heritage dating back to prehistoric times.