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Elizabeth I’s copy of the Bishops’ Bible

Strong Media Coverage for King James Bible Exhibition

It was all about disseminating information in 1611 just as it is today.

Photograph of sanitation workers' protest in Memphis, TN, 1968

Extended Travel for a Civil Rights Photography Exhibition

A smaller version of the ‘For All the World to See’ exhibition is now making its way around the country.

Student filmmakers learn about the Civil War at the C & O Canal

Civil War stories through the video camera’s lens: Learning history through filmmaking

Civil War battlefields are coming alive once more through a new NEH-funded project that connects middle school students to the American Civil War by training them to use primary source documents, humanities scholarship, role-playing, and digital technology to create short movies.

Family barbecue in Lakewood Plaza suburban development, Long Beach, California,

House and Home

From condos and Cape Cods to ranches and dumbbell apartments, Americans have built all sorts of structures to call home.

Four color guard from 372nd Infantry marching in front of soldiers

Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story

Pittsburgh’s Hill District, or “The Hill” as it is locally known, was the heart of the city’s African-American community during the twentieth century.

photograph of the Hudson River, with Catskill Mountains in background

Thomas Cole Site

For over two centuries after their arrival, European Americans viewed the continent’s untamed lands as an unknown to be feared and conquered. 

image of gold Aztec artefact: Pectoral with Calendrical Notations

Children of the Plumed Serpent

Artistic motifs can offer striking evidence of cultural survival.

Richard and Mildred Loving in 1965

The Loving Story

On Valentine’s Day HBO aired The Loving Story, a 90-minute documentary film about Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who married in Virginia in the late 1950s.

Posted: September 14, 2012

Mission US Wins the Gold

Mission US, an online game for students in grade five through eight, has won a gold medal at the Serious Play Conference.

Posted: September 12, 2012

"Death and the Civil War" premieres September 18.

Premieres September 18, 2012, 8 p.m. (check local listings).

Posted: September 10, 2012

Humanities on the Move: NEH projects around the country, October through December 2012

Many events, exhibitions, and programs funded by this division are now circulating around the country—see what may be coming to a location near you.

Posted: August 29, 2012

The Loving Story Receives Prestigious Award

Outstanding interpretation of history

Posted: August 17, 2012

The War of 1812 Rebroadcast

How the glories of war become enshrined in history.

Posted: August 17, 2012

Broadway: The American Musical Rebroadcast

 The evolution of the Broadway musical.

Posted: June 6, 2012

Division Director Karen Mittelman at the Making Media Now Annual Conference

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, June 8, 2012

Posted: May 23, 2012

Deputy Director Michael Shirley at Games for Change

New York University’s Skirball Center, New York City, June 18-20, 2012

Posted: May 22, 2012

Program Officer David Weinstein at THATCamp: The Humanities and Technology Camp

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, June 15-17, 2012

Posted: May 3, 2012

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