Haymarket Riot

Illustrated by Harper’s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, this piece portrays the events of The Haymarket Affair, also known as The Haymarket Riot. The illustration was created on May 15, 1886, days after the tragic event occurred on May 4th, 1886. The Haymarket Riot...
A Trifle Embarrassed

A Trifle Embarrassed

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....
The Fall of Richmond, Virginia

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia

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...
I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream

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...