‘Out of Place: Art For the Evicted’ (1984), an outdoor exhibition organized by PAD/D’s ‘Not For Sale’ committee at various locations in the Lower East Side. The facades of abandoned buildings were ...

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In a part of the country often thought to be “free” from the ravages of Southern slavery, the team behind a remarkable project is beginning to gradually piece together a story that shows how the South ...

When a group of white and African American integrationists entered a St. Augustine, Fla. segregated hotel pool in 1964, the hotel manager poured acid into it. AP Photo Summers often bring a wave of ...

Sean Beienburg dives into the forgotten history of federalism within the United States. The years before the New Deal shaped American states' rights. The U.S. was traditionally a powerful national ...

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If you ask a Mexican American, they will probably tell you that a place like the Gila Wilderness is not “wilderness” at all. They would say that the land there is stolen. The first person whose life ...

A young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina. Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the United States until reforms came with the Fair ...

Overview of the Palmyra site from the medieval castle (Qal‘at Shirkuh), looking southeast: Temple of Bel middle left; Great Colonnade center (photo by Judith McKenzie/Manar al-Athar) We see traces of ...

(The Conversation) – In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country. The holiday ...