Emmett Till

Emmett Till

Imagine living in the United States as a Black male in the 21st century. Suppose you are with a group of friends and dare you to ask a white woman out on a date. The dare seems simple enough, right? Chances are the white woman responds with a “yes” or “no.” No harm...
Child Labor in the Early 1900s

Child Labor in the Early 1900s

This historical source is a photograph of a 14-year-old newsie taken by sociologist and muckraker photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in February 1910. Hine produced over a hundred photographs documenting child labor in the United States which was instrumental to the...
Helen Keller Photo

Helen Keller Photo

This image pictures an excited Helen Keller holding two-year old and fellow passenger Donald Hart on board the ocean linear Independence after the ship docked in New York. It was captured by photographer, Ed Ford in 1956. The 1950s in the United States were a decade...
My daddy bought me a government bond of the third liberty loan.

My daddy bought me a government bond of the third liberty loan.

When the Great War, also referred to as World War I, first erupted in Europe, America “remained neutral” on paper, yet provided supplies and financial assistance to the Allied Powers – France, Great Britain, and Russia.((D.E. Shi (2019). America: A Narrative History...