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Lifeguard teaching boy to swim,Highland Park swimming pool 1951

Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908–1998) photographed Pittsburgh's African American community from 1935 to...

The 1968 Project

Revisit the year of student protests, the Tet Offensive, MLK’s assassination, and Nixon’s election in this...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

How has the American novel evolved and in what ways does it reflect an experience that is uniquely American?

Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze

America's independence from Great Britain was a decisive turning point in world history. Explore the causes, character,...

The Buddha's first teaching
Learn about the life and teachings of the Buddha and the foundations of Buddhist meditative practices.
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No.2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, Whistler

Writer Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle, helped define what it was to be "Victorian." Read their...

Depiction of the Boston Massacre, 1770 engraving
Immerse yourself in the years of friction, fear, and turmoil that preceded the American Revolution.
photograph: Black Sunday dust storm approaching Ulysses, Kansas, April 14, 1935

Explore the causes and consequences of the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history.

Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi

The 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet Rumi helped shape Muslim thought. Explore his poetry and the history of the Islamic...

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady, diplomat, and citizen activist, Eleanor Roosevelt also wrote more than 8,000 columns, 580 articles, 27 books,...

Joe Louis looks for an opening during a boxing match with Max Schmeling, 1936
The 1938 boxing match between American heavyweight Joe Louis and German opponent Max Schmeling was a proxy fight between two...
California 49er panning for gold
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848 transformed California and America, sparking massive migration, breakneck...