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A foot-race: A figurative portrayal of the presidential race of 1824

Search election returns from the earliest years of American democracy.

1870 census, Becks family records from the African-American Families Database

Map the journey of African-American families before and after the Civil War with this online database of genealogical...

Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars

From Bikutsi to Reggaeton: Explore the culture and history of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora through music.

Alexander Hamilton, portrait by John Trumbull, 1806

Founding father and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton laid the groundwork for the nation’s modern...

Appalachian Spring - dancer silhouette on yellow background

In 1942, Aaron Copland was commissioned to write a score for the choreographer Martha Graham. Dance and music in America...

Moby Dick, American Icons

An hour-long podcast in pursuit of the influence of Melville’s great white whale on American literature and culture....

American Icons: Monticello

Take a tour through Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, home of America’s aspirations and its deepest contradictions...

American Icons: The Great Gatsby

This hour-long podcast explores F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and how it became the great American...

Nick Spitzer, host of American Routes

A musical travelogue through American cultures, communities, and traditions.

Andrew Jackson, by Thomas Sully, 1824

Delve into the Jacksonian era with this collection of political cartoons, maps, and profiles of key people and events of his...

Annie Oakley with gun

Take a virtual trip to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show with a gallery of posters and newspaper clippings about its star...

Logo from the Anthologize project

Discover how this open-source plug-in can help you create a book from blog entries, conference proceedings, writings from...