by Leslie Chan | Nov 29, 2023
Emmett Till was a 14 year old, African American boy, who was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] Although he was from the North, he spent the summer with his family in Mississippi in 1955,[2] where racial segregation was still very prevalent in the Southern States. While in...
by Emilia Perez | Jul 6, 2023
Welcome to the engaging world of Cubas’ museum exhibit, where we explore into the complicated history of slavery in Cuba during the 19th century. This interactive visit encourages you to gain insight into the profound and often grim tales of the enslaved people...
by Perri Lucas | Apr 30, 2023
This photograph was taken by Harry Hamilton Johnston in Tuskeegee, Alabama. It shows what is probably hundreds of cotton bales that were grown and collected by freed Blacks and are being prepared for transport to England. This image was taken in 1910, which was...
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 Angela Noyes | Dec 5, 2022
https://iowaculture.gov/sites/default/files/history-education-pss-war-americanism-transcription.pdf This speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 9 of 1920, presented in Hyde Park, New York, and detailed the end of World War I and America’s fallen soldiers....