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Articles with keyword "United States"

Image of Escape from Paris by Allan Drummond.

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The Great Escape

New Hampshire remembers the authors of Curious George and their escape from Paris.

Image of family in Shawnee, Kansas.

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A Common Story

Kansans tell their diverse stories.

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The War 150 Years Later

As the sesquicentennial nears, a selection of past, present, and future humanities projects.

John Mitchell, Jr., editor, Richmond Planet

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Brother from the Richmond Planet

Crusading Journalist John Mitchell Jr. took on the lynchers.

Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress Exposition

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Enchanting Reality

World's fairs during the Depression.

Building the Panama Canal

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Digging Across Panama

The Americans triumphed over yellow fever, landslides, and worker strikes to change the earth's landscape.

Young Union soldier with bayoneted musket, knife, and revolver.

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"Daybreak Gray and Dim"

How the Civil War changed Walt Whitman's poetry.

Mo Yan

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The Real Mo Yan

The renowned Chinese novelist talks with NEH Chairman Jim Leach.

Illustration from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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A Very Hungry Reader

Massachusetts focuses on the food imagery in Eric Carle's illustrations.

Eudora Welty's photograph of child and kite

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Southern Exposure

Eudora Welty's photographs reveal new stories in Alabama.