It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War. This “act...
History
History connects people and societies across time, revealing how past choices continue to shape the present. Read accounts and interpretations drawn from cultures around the world.
The struggle for equal voting rights dates to the earliest days of U.S. history. Introduction Challenges to...
Labor continued to work to organize into unions to work for better wages and conditions. Introduction The Great...
The rebellion was later characterized as a precursor to the American War of Independence (1775-1783 CE). Introduction...
The flight of runaway slaves to Mexico is a chapter of history that is often overlooked or...
There are three main periods that describe the trajectory of African enslavement in New Spain from 1519...
A fearsome predator? A fragile icon of impending extinction? What these arctic giants have stood for in...
How 2,000-year-old date palm seeds were brought back to life, with recipes to make at home. By...
John Addington Symonds, whose 1873 essay “A Problem in Greek Ethics” helped lay the foundation for the...
A Yorkshire farmer argued in 1810 that homosexuality is innate and should not be punished. The diary...
All ancient communities had law codes or rules that dictated both public and private behavior. Introduction Christianity...
The expectations and even the very way they defined terms such as ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ differed greatly...
Despite his reservations about the dangers of propaganda, President Roosevelt created the Office of War Information (OWI)...
“Fake news” and disinformation have been part of the conversation as far back as the birth of...
The justices of the Court are often categorized as having conservative, moderate, or liberal philosophies of law...
Exploring Madison’s greatest fear about the future of the Republic he did so much to shape: the...
The disaster drew the first class action lawsuit against the United States government, on behalf of 8,485...
The storm remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, with around 8,000 to 12,000 dead after...
In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill...
Science and determination turned the tide against one of the worst diseases humanity has ever endured. Three...
For Milton Nicholas, the practical hurdle of illiteracy was exploited by election officials in order to manipulate...
This 1848 map proved more useful in Congress for its statistical data than for its colorful depiction...
Communicating the diversity of the ancient Mediterranean. By Paula Gaither, Elisa McAtee, Kenneth Lapatin, and David Saunders...
What is iconography? And how do you use the iconographic method to analyze art? How to Do...
Heads are a frequent motif appearing in all phases of Paracas art, and severed human heads have...
Paracans had the means to support a rich culture and forge reciprocal trade relationships with other Early...
Described as fiercely independent by contemporary Greco-Roman accounts, the Nabataeans were annexed into the Roman Empire. Introduction...
The Babylon ruins, once the capital of Nebuchadnezzar’s empire, are among some of the world’s oldest and...
At the turn of the 20th century, one young black editor implored his peers: ‘Let us make...
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery...