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Immigrants landing at Ellis Island
Take a virtual tour, search photos and records, and hear the stories of patients who were detained, treated, and sometimes...
Percy Julian

Against all odds, African-American chemist Percy Julian became one of the great scientists of the 20th century.

woodprint: Emancipation Day in South Carolina

The history of Emancipation, through the letters and records of those that lived it.

Freedom Riders
Hear the stories of the more than 400 black and white Americans who risked violent attacks and imprisonment for traveling...
GeoHistorian Project
Researchers at Kent State University are turning K-12 students into digital historians. See how.
Prisoners in Siberia, from the Gulag Museum at Perm-36
This online exhibit takes you inside the Soviet forced labor concentration camps called the Gulag through the stories of the...
Turner-Ingersoll House, aka "The House of the Seven Gables" in Salem, Mass.
The Puritan past of his native Salem was an inspiration to novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. Explore the Massachusetts town through...
Students from the St. Rita's School for the Deaf, 1918
Learn about the history and evolution of the deaf community in America with this online exhibit produced by Gallaudet...
Homeland Afghanistan
From the Silk Road to the rise of the Taliban, explore Afghanistan’s history, culture, and traditions with the Homeland...
Jimmie Rodgers
Discover the music of rural American past and present and the history and people behind the sounds.
Into the Deep
Dive into the history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins off the coast of New England through its...
The Jazz Loft Project

Delve into the late-night jazz scene of 1950s New York with photos and recordings of Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, and...