by Kya Amaro | Apr 26, 2021
From the moment that America was founded as a nation, slavery has played a critical role in its economy – especially during the 1800s. During this time, the southern states’ most profitable crop was cotton and plantation owners had slaves to harvest this cotton for...
by Katrina Bonus | Apr 13, 2021
The following image recalls one of the first settlements of the New World during the early 1600s. Located in what is now Virginia, the Virginia Company settled in the area with a mission to fulfill King James I’s demands. Historian James horn notes, “The ‘main ends’...
by Alyssa Kajian | Nov 4, 2020
This political cartoon,((Keppler, Udo J., Artist. A trifle embarrassed / Keppler. , 1898. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, August 3. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012647587/. )) titled “A Trifle Embarrassed,” was created by Udo J. Keppler 1891....
by Vincent Carrillo | Nov 4, 2020
The piece I chose is titled The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865. It was created in 1865 by Currier and Ives. The painting is a recreation that depicts one of the final moments in the history of the Civil War. The Confederate army...
by Amanda Devino | Nov 4, 2020
Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. I Have a Dream Martin Luther King Jr. made the...