by Gabriel Hoffman | Dec 4, 2023
Duck and cover was a film created by the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) in 1952 to provide children throughout the 1950s and 1960s the proper actions to take in the event of a nuclear attack. As a result of the Soviet Union’s...
by Jaden Paul Tinio | Apr 30, 2023
The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most significant writings and speeches in America’s history. Moreover, it represents the transition from America’s slave-driven society to its abolition. Abraham Lincoln addressed this speech on January 1, 1863, during the...
by Craig Smith | May 2, 2022
The American Revolution provided a false hope for those of enslaved men and women. The author of the constitution, Thomas Jefferson, had wrote about the communal agreement of liberty and justice for all. In these words, many implications fell victim to the lack of...
by Kerry Ryan | May 2, 2022
Done in 1849, this lithography piece was created by James S. Baillie in New York City. The color print shows Tom “Young America” Hyer, a native from New York, and James “Yankee” Sullivan, an immigrant from Ireland bare knuckle boxing in a ring. The two fighters are...
by Deloris Hynes | May 3, 2021
This piece was created by an unknown artist in 1844 and depicts the death of American Brigadier-General Zebulon Pike at the Battle of York near York, present day Toronto. It was the first American win in the War of 1812, a pivotal war against Great Britain. The...