by Valentina Restrepo | Nov 21, 2025
“Strange Fruit,” recorded in 1939 by Billie Holiday, is one of the most well-known and powerful protest songs. Originally written as a poem in 1937 by Abel Meeropol (under the name Lewis Allan), it protested the lynching of Black Americans and systemic racism.[1] The...
by Semaj Hatcher | Nov 13, 2025
The wartime propaganda poster “I Pledge Allegiance and Silence About the War” was created by Thomas Byrne between 1941-1943 for the Works Progress Administration. The poster features a waving American flag surrounded by the words “I Pledge Allegiance and Silence About...
by Katelynn Gentile | Dec 7, 2024
To understand the significance of the historical photograph of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1941 SDASM, it is essential to have a background on the attack and its impact on American history. Pearl Harbor took place on December 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy Air...
by Gabriella Dellosa | Apr 27, 2023
Christopher Columbus is a well-known Italian explorer who worked for the Spanish crown to find a path from the west to Asia. On August 3, 1492, he sailed away from Spain on three ships that were named, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. In the years that...
by Shane Parr | Dec 5, 2022
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Union_Address_for_1943_by_Franklin_Roosevelt.ogg January 7th, 1943, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt made history with his State of the Union Address. In the heat of World War II, FDR was one of the only morale...