Youngest Parader in New York City Suffragist Parade

Youngest Parader in New York City Suffragist Parade

The image before you was taken on May 4th, 1912, at a women’s suffrage parade in New York City. The photo depicts a parade of women marching up 5th Avenue from Washington Square to Carnegie Hall. The parade is one of the two that took place in New York in 1912;...
$100,000 Reward: Slavery Advertisement

$100,000 Reward: Slavery Advertisement

     This exhibits artifact represents the $100,00 Reward ad, published by Webster & Southard in 1837, who also published The American Anti-Slavery Almanac between the years of 1836 and 1844, which was created to inform readers of the highly alarming situation of...

World War I Cartoon by Sava Zlachkin

Ethan Shonk Prof. Fieldston American History 2 14 December 2023 We Shall Overcome Speech             The speech, referred to as “We Shall Overcome,” was given to a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965. In the speech, President Johnson urged the...