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… fans and flashbulbs from the many reporters who would inform the nation that a new kind of British Invasion had … would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … in race music and began to provide more of these records to complement the demand. Radio DJs like Alan Freed started …

… of 1775: "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" According to … was a motive in his pursuit of liberty; indebtedness was common among Virginia planters, who traded in a global … have was a product of winning admittance to the bar. He accomplished this ironically but tellingly, managing to …

… This two-day lesson plan uses the article as a foundation for facts and concepts to encourage inquiry, critical …

… Europe and the Soviet Union, made the future of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uncertain. It was in this period of … many within the Party, alarmed by world events, called for the slowing down of economic restructuring and the loosening of ties with the West, Deng, by visiting some of the most developed cities along China's …

… The term Afrofuturism was coined by Mark Dery in 1993, but encompasses a long history of African American and African … diaspora through technoculture and science fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared … experiences.” In the first lesson, we move McDow’s argument forward by exploring Black Panther, and other Black …

… ideas in an introductory activity, they will be able to visit stations of primary and secondary sources to further investigate this issue. At each station, they will complete a handout with guiding questions in small groups.  … drugs”, a TED Talk by Michelle Alexander, a compelling performance by Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys, and the Origins …

… recently to consider their party’s future, many of them complained that conservatives had lost their way. They … to Ronald Reagan’s victories in the 1980s as the best model for rebuilding the GOP after its 2008 defeat. Reagan proved … and a progressive. Not many of today’s leaders offer that combination. At the recent governors’ conference only a few …

… The lesson plan focuses and grapples the long, changing, and complex history of military drones.  The Origin article that … from being flimsy wood and canvas devises that were more common in science fiction novels than the military to the … lesson itself begins with a quote analysis of a quote from former President Barrack Obama, which was featured in the …

… crowds of up to ten thousand marched in northeast China. Unfortunately, as in the past, the soundbites typically … a way to use history when trying to make sense of China’s complicated present. Another kind of continuity between 1989 … University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New World -- …

… These headlines could be plucked from any newspaper today: “Multinational peacekeeping force planned for Macedonia.” “International tribunal to … Now the question again surfaces: will the international community be able to avoid the slide toward war? It remains …

… Resources YouTube Channel , and it's all about turning points. Starting with the asteriod impact 65 million years … short 25 minutes. From nuclear disaster and Earth Day, to deforestation and the emergence of agriculture, this is a bold … earth throughout time. All of this is based on an article compiled and introduced by Frank Uekötter, entitled, " What …

… Gunshots? Or was it fireworks? When I saw a man running for his life, I immediately knew the answer. "COME IN!" someone was yelling. I need not have been told; … already made my way back through the gate of the archive complex. A security guard gave me a glass of water and asked …

… George Santayana made one of the world’s best known comments about history when he said that those who learn … often defeat their own purposes. In the United States, for example, with its heritage of puritan principles and not … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH, Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air … the World to Flying Saucers https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/ … Project Blue Book Termination https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/project-blue-book-50th-anniversary Project …

… we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … he was in 1928, in particular by focusing on his empathy for the suffering of others. Burns points to FDR’s creation of the Warm Springs resort for …

… wants to open up more federal lands and waters to drilling for oil and natural gas. His party is pushing, in the name … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… People. Dr. Jacob is the Intercultural Specialist for Native American and indigenous Students and Dr. Rivers … Dr. Dr. Daniel Rivers: Thank you so much and welcome to our webinar for Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's … there's that opportunity to engage. You can go and actually visit the Newark Earthworks Center over in Newark. They do …

… HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s—how officials initially blamed foreign nations for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … and homosexual and bisexual men. Letter writers to Soviet newspapers floated the idea of setting up a colony for the …

… I am become death, the shatterer of worlds. J. Robert Oppenheimer … to violence, a core idea of the Enlightenment, would forever be upset by the onset of the nuclear age. The … which it no longer sought to end violence but rather would come to be used by the state to exponentially increase …

… memorabilia, including weapons, bullets, mines, uniforms, helmets and posters, but also photographs, letters, … forces highlighting Jewish suffering would have meant combatting anti-Semitism among their own population. … early years of the war) guaranteed that even this censored news was not accessible to the majority of the population. …

… co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron when they met for the first time on June 10, 1935.  This chance meeting of … Jung.  Jung suggested that alcoholism might only be overcome through a profound spiritual experience. Following … the Twelve Traditions of AA.  His article “Twelve Suggested Points for A. A. Tradition” appeared in AA’s monthly …

… conflict.  Today we talk about the women who led the charge for suffrage, their successful advocating for the nineteenth amendment, and who they left behind along … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… almost fully yoked themselves together under a single encompassing charter. What's more, the boundaries of the … a church. Yet it's not the magnificence of the European effort that is the focus of attention now. Instead, it's the … in Washington, D.C., was co-founder of the History News Service. He is most recently the editor of A Century of …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … after a war? How best do we create a successful outcome? For us? For the country we leave? Given the problems now … as mounting evidence suggests, is now viewed as simply the latest colonial occupier, at least by some sectors of Iraqi …