Rosa Parks ignites bus boycot — History.com This Day in History — 12/1/1955
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View ArticleHis Dream is Our Dream: The 1963 March on Washington.
I still get goose-bumps when I hear those immortal words. Tagged: Americas, Figure, Film, Speech, U.S.
View ArticleMonkey Trial begins — History.com This Day in History — 7/10/1925
The Scopes Trial is one of the many reactions our society has had, and probably will continue to have, in this long debate between Religious faith and Scientific inquiry. As is evident in the study of...
View ArticleColumbus reaches the New World- History.com
Columbus reaches the New World After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbussights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the...
View ArticleOn The Clock: A (Brief) History Of Time| BackStory with the American History...
Yesterday, I was speaking with the students of my US History class about early to mid-19th Century economic and territorial expansion in the US. Energizing, as well as resulting from, this expansion...
View ArticleAtlanta 1864 — why it still matters | Saporta Report
Atlanta 1864 — why it still matters http://saportareport.com/blog/2014/11/atlanta-1864-why-it-still-matters/ In this column, members of the Georgia Humanities Council and their colleagues take turns...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln, interview with US historian
Having the privilege of being a student of Professor Guelzo at Gettysburg College, I feel qualified, and obligated )as a lover of History), to recommend this interview to all citizens and non-citizens...
View ArticleJohn Brown: The First American to Hang for Treason| We’re History
John Brown: The First American to Hang for Treason http://werehistory.org/john-brown/ On the clear, windy morning of December 2, 1859, just before 11:00, the jail doors opened and guards moved John...
View ArticleChoosing a Chief Justice: Lincoln, Law, and Racial Equality | We’re History
Choosing a Chief Justice: Lincoln, Law, and Racial Equality http://werehistory.org/choosing-a-chief-justice/ The appointment of any Supreme Court justice, especially the chief justice, reflects the...
View ArticleA California Rebel in Napoleon’s Court | We’re History
A California Rebel in Napoleon’s Court | We’re History http://werehistory.org/california-rebel/ Accessed 13 Jan. 2015 As his forces wore down the last of Confederate resistance around Petersburg,...
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