How Animal Farm Gave Hope to Stalin’s Refugees
Source: The Atlantic
Ukranians oppressed by the Soviet Stalin regime managed to smuggle in a translation of George Orwell’s indictment of Stalinism.
History
Next generation of activists confronts Mississippi’s violent past on Freedom Summer anniversary
Source: The Hechinger Report
Fifty years after the murders of three young civil rights workers shocked the nation, a group of students visited the small Mississippi town where it happened to reflect on the past and look toward the future.
Remembrances of the Mysterious, Maligned Soviet Censor
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
What kind of person becomes a censor? An American journalist learns who his Soviet nemesis was.
The World’s Oldest Papyrus and What It Can Tell Us About the Great Pyramids
Source: Smithsonian
A recently discovered treasure trove of papyri tells us more about ancient Egyptian life and culture. Read what a travel journal found with the other papyri reveals about the lives of everyday workers during the time period when the Pyramids were built at Giza.
Alexandra Zapruder
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Alexandra Zapruder speaks about the diaries written by children of the Holocaust in this podcast, Voices on Antisemitism, for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The day the Constitution was adopted
Source: National Constitution Center
Read about the battle to ratify the Constitution in at least nine states, the number required to officially adopt it.
Mass Exodus From the Plains
Source: PBS
During the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl led millions of people from the Plains states to move to California. Read about the migration and click some of the links in the menu on the left for other biographies, articles, and photo galleries that describe the time period.
Black Leaders During Reconstruction
Source: HISTORY
Learn how former slaves and black leaders joined the political process after the Civil War.
Hope, Despair, and Memory
Source: Nobel Prize
Author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Read his powerful Nobel lecture.
Ocean Explorer: Technology
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earth’s last frontier is the ocean. Learn about the history of ocean exploration and the latest technology that’s helping today’s explorers learn more than ever before.