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Civil Rights Leaders (L to R) John Lewis, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer,and Roy Wilkins. Photograph courtesy of Representative John Lewis

Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement shows 41 churches, houses, and other properties related largely to the post-World War II...

Brownie Wise, Tupperware Home Parties, and Tupperware Sparks

Tupperware offers insights into U.S. history: our economy after World War II, the plastics...

'Faster,' April 17, 1941. Ink, crayon, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing on layered paper Published by NEA Service, Inc. (14) LC-USZ62-127212

Herblock's History features 150 cartoons by Herb Block, the editorial cartoonist who chronicled our...

Sputnik meant 'fellow traveler.' It was the first of many Soviet launched satellites. More importantly this beach ball sized object showed the world that the Soviet's reigned supreme in their missi

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Protecting a Legacy of the Cold War tells the story of one of the most significant strategic weapons in U.S. history: the...


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