CBS News, Vietnam Footage

John Silva The Vietnam War The history of this footage was created by CBS News correspondent Richard Threlkeld on March 27th, 1970. Richard Threlkeld had joined the CBS News network four years prior in 1966 and then starting in 1970, he began serving as a war...
Votes for Women Bandwagon

Votes for Women Bandwagon

The Votes for women bandwagon political cartoon provided by the Library of Congress best describes the state of America, for women, around the twentieth century. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was established because “nineteenth and early twentieth century women who...
Soldiers Without Guns

Soldiers Without Guns

The war poster, “Soldiers Without Guns” was created by Adolph Treidler in 1944 during end of World War II. Published by the U.S Government Printing Office, this poster is just one example of the propaganda used during this time period to implore more women to join the...
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...