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Lee Harvey Oswald’s Apartment Demolished
Lee Harvey Oswald courtesy of Wikipedia The apartment complex where Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin that killed President Kennedy, lived has been demolished today. Many Dallas residents wanted the...
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Martin Luther King Day – A Fort Worth Story
Today as I was pursuing the stories of my local news, I came across an interesting story about Civil Rights, segregation, and violent bigotry. Fort Worth, Texas is not a town that comes to mind when...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. – Tribute in Photos Courtesy of Discovery News
Martin Luther King, Jr. courtesy of Wikimedia In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Discovery news honors the late Civil Rights leader in photographs that capture his persona in public and private. The...
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First Ladies of Fashion – Library of Congress
While her husband may be leader of the free world, all eyes were on Michelle Obama during the President’s inauguration. While the President’s speech discussed controversial and topical subjects (like...
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27 Years Ago Today – the Challenger Explosion
Explosion of the Challenger On January 28, 1986, 11:38 am EST, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members were killed in the tragedy. This was the first...
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Eye Level: The Civil War and American Art: “The Alphabet is An Abolitionist”
Not long after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on the first day of 1863, artist Eastman Johnson composed the small painting shown here. EntitledThe Lord Is My Shepherd, it portrays...
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NASA: A Day of Remembrance
Today, NASA remembers their fallen astronauts on their annual “Day of Remembrance,” which falls on the 10th anniversary of the Columbia disaster in 2003. While NASA has the the highest safety record...
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Smithsonian Exhibit: The National Woman Suffrage Parade, 1913
Beginning this month, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will host an exhibit on the 1913 National Woman Suffrage Parade. On March 3, 1913, 5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue...
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The Uncertain Promise of Freedom’s Light: Black Soldiers in The Civil War |...
Black soldiers could not officially join the Union army until the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863. But, on the ground, they had been fighting and dying from the beginning. When...
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Library of Congress Electronic Exhibit – African American Odyssey: A Quest...
The Woolworth sit-in, LOC In honor of Black History Month, the Library of Congress is hosting the electronic exhibit “African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship.” The exhibit displays more...
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Take a “Crash Course” in US History, Chemistry, World History, Biology,...
A thank you to my boyfriend, Elijah Mendoza, for bringing this resource to my attention. If you are looking for some good brief videos to supplement your course content, check out Crash Courses’ videos...
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Gilder Lehrman’s First Ladies Series, Lesson Plans & Interactive Map
This quarter’s Gilder Lehrman’s “History Now” series features the historical role of first ladies in American politics. The issue, “First Ladies’ Contributions to Political Issues and the National...
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Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Teaching Civil Rights
Today marks the anniversary of the landmark case, Brown vs. Board of Education. On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that the segregation of races for education under the “separate but equal”...
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Teaching the Siege of Vicksburg Using the Online Library of Congress
Vicksburg Daily Citizen May 22, 1863, courtesy of LIbrary of Congress The end of May marks the beginning of the Siege of Vicksburg, a campaign against the pivotal port city of Mississippi that would...
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Smithsonian 3D Scanning its Collection
The Smithsonian is 3D scanning its collection to preserve it for future generations. Curators have prioritized more than 14 million objects for digitized preservation. See the full article at...
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Interactive Maps for the Battle of Gettysburg
In honor of the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Smithsonian has created a cutting-edge, interactive map that details the 3 day battle. It’s a great tool to explore the campaign in more depth!...
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A Democracy of Images – Smithsonian Online Exhibit
Check out the Smithsonian’s online exhibit “A Democracy of Images.” Here is the Smithsonian explanation of the exhibit: The photographs presented here are selected from the approximately 7,000 images...
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Happy Birthday Amelia Earhart! See what an astrologist read in her palm!
Amelia Earthart, courtesy of WIkimedia Commons Today is Amelia Earthart’s 113th birthday! The woman spearheaded women’s rights and their roles outside of the home. Four years before her famous...
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Smithsonian Catalogues Oral History of the March on Washington
care of Wikimedia Commons August 28 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. In honor of the event, Smithsonian magazine has collected a series of images, reflections, videos, and...
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Americans Great Cities, Before and After – Interactive Maps via Smithsonian...
San Francisco Peninsula, c/o Wikimedia Commons Smithsonian Magazine has recently uploaded a series of interactive maps that help Americans to explore the topography of various cities – comparing the...
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