Marie Antoinette was immensely unpopular in France. Introduction The trial and execution of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), formerly the queen...
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The painstaking lab work that put Saldivar away. By Sarah ScolesFreelance Science Writer and Author Nuclear weapons...
The root system of Old Tjikko is estimated to be 9,566 years old. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A....
Once the supposed source of cures for mental ill health, the tree is itself in frail condition,...
Created for U.S. insurance firms during a period of devastating fires across the 19th and 20th centuries,...
Abortions were generally performed by midwives. Egypt The first indications that abortion was common in ancient civilizations...
The play is set in the Weimar Republic. The play is set in the Weimar Republic, shortly...
Rego made these works in response to a referendum. One of the best-known activists in the fight...
The past was hardly full of the upstanding, rational, nonpartisan journalists. By Dr. Jon GrinspanCurator, Division of...
When newspapers got it wrong. By Rhonda Evans, J.D.DirectorLuEsther T. Mertz LibraryNew York Botanical Garden The term...
Confirmation bias is nothing new. By Dr. W. Lance BennettProfessor Emeritus of Political ScienceFounding Director, Emeritus, Center...
The origins of the Electoral College are entwined with slavery. By Mark McKibbinWriter and Activist By Dr....
Alabama citizens had been terrorized frequently by the Ku Klux Klan in the run-up to the election....
Whites “intended to carry the election if they had to wade in blood up to their saddle...
An estimated twelve African Americans were fatally shot or lynched. Introduction The Phoenix election riot occurred on November 8,...
Registered Black voters had been removed from the rolls. By Dr. Jerald PodairProfessor of HistoryLawrence University Introduction...
The 1956 effort was no rousing success. By Dr. W. Joseph CampbellProfessor Emeritus of CommunicationAmerican University Introduction...
A would-be assassin’s bullet couldn’t knock George Wallace out of politics − but it made him seek...
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s. By Dr....
Here are five African American women who changed history. Althea Gibson I always wanted to be somebody....
The president grappled for months over whether signing the Emancipation Proclamation was ‘American’. The American Civil War...
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and...
Its popularity in visual art coincides with the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade. By Dr. Letha...
The most important temporal foci of divine concepts in Rome were their ‘holidays’. Roman gods were invariably...
Knowledge of the functional foci of the gods was of paramount importance. Divine concepts were commonly related...
The personnel focalization of a number of cults was somewhat blurred. Roman gods were conceptualized not only...
Is noise the real monster? Or is it our own intolerance of unwanted sounds? Introduction The new...
Friends finding their camaraderie cohere in lyrical arrangements of topography and light. By Dr. Miya TokumitsuDonald T....
“The World Turned Upside Down” By Harrison W. MarkWriter and HistorianWorld History Encyclopedia Introduction The Treaty of Paris,...
Lincoln signed the bill for the medal into law. “It was a painfully thrilling moment,” William Pittenger...