Immigration Fears Not New in US History: Photos
Source: Discovery
This slideshow presents a timeline of Americans’ reservations about immigrants.
History
What Explains the Rise of Humans?
Source: TED
Other animals have intelligence, cooperation, and the use of tools, but only humans have imagination. This key trait allows us to treat abstract things like money, religion, and nations as though they are concrete, leading to our domination of the planet.
Selma 50 years later: John Lewis’s memories of the march
Source: CNN
A United States Congressman recalls his role in pivotal civil rights events of the 1960s.
Odyssey’s End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Although a Greek island called Ithaca exists today, it doesn’t fit Homer’s description of Odysseus’s home. A British amateur may have solved the mystery of where this epic locale lies.
Report on Desegregation in the Schools of Alabama, September 9, 1963
Source: PBS
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy announced the government’s intention to force Governor George Wallace to comply with the school desegregation order. Read this powerful speech about a decision that mattered to so many Americans.
My Attempt to Free Anne Frank’s Diary
Source: Dutch Genealogy
2015 marked the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank’s death. Anne’s legacy—her diary—should be available in the public domain on January 1, 2016 under Dutch law. But Dutch genealogist Yvette Hoitink explains a twist in the tale.
Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War
Source: Ari Kelman
Award-winning historian Ari Kelman and the acclaimed graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm produced this graphic novel about the civil war. Scroll down the page to access and read the book online.
The Decades That Invented the Future, Part 1: 1900-1910
Source: Wired
The turn of the century from the 1800s to the 1900s was a time of great innovation and growth. Read about some of the influential inventions of the twentieth century’s first decade.
A Civil War journal, up close and personal
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An American literature class at California University of Pennsylvania recently undertook the digital transcription of a journal written by a Civil War soldier. The task required them to decipher a text that was not only faded, but written in a style of English different from what we speak today.
9/11 Attacks
Source: HISTORY
Videos document the events and aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.