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19 de jun. de 2024 · June 19, 2024 10:06 AM EDT. A frican-American heroines are everywhere in U.S. history — though they were often unseen by contemporaries. Sometimes, they simply hid. Juneteenth is a fitting ...
18 de jun. de 2024 · Coverage of the most-studied U.S. history topics including from the arrival of Vikings in North America, American Revolution, Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror through a web-like experience that supports the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills.
Hace 1 día · For African American soldiers sent to France with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), the potential for combat experience led to both failures and successes, leading to race pride as in the case of the 93rd Division’s successes, and skewed evidence for the War Department to reject increasing the number of black officers and enlisted in the case of the 92nd Division.
Hace 1 día · The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775.
Hace 6 días · Learn about the major events of the Revolutionary War (1775–83), which won 13 American colonies their political independence from Great Britain. (more)
3 de jun. de 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — One of Idris Elba’s grandfathers fought in World War II, but he doesn’t know what he endured. No pictures or stories survive. “That part of my family’s history has been erased somewhat,” says Elba.
19 de jun. de 2024 · The Civil War was imagined as a white man’s war; visually devoid of black soldiers and their corporeal sacrifice, the imagery that remains is instead a visual register of white sacrifice. White soldiers dying for the sins of the country and the sins of black people — that is, the sin that is slavery. The photographic archive of the war is ...
