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An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.

The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation

… North will determine, in no small measure, their place in history. Their failure to engage the issue condemns yet … System, 1946-1974 (forthcoming), and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Black Lives in American History …
Medical examination photo of Gordon showing his scourged back, widely distributed by Abolitionists to expose the brutality of slavery. From at least the 1860s onwards, photography was a powerful tool in the abolitionist movement.

Can Reparations Heal the Wounds of Slavery?

… acknowledgement of guilt. Elazar Barkan is a professor of history and chair of the cultural studies department at … Historical Injustices" (2000) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Legal history …
An art exhibition, probably in Moscow in 1964. Taken by Thomas T. Hammond during his travels in the Soviet Union.

When the Soviets Domesticated the West

Review of To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture, by Eleonory Gilburd (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… key arguments is that this Soviet audience made sense of books, films, and paintings through the lens of their own … viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet … the West was, even if only through images or the pages of books: people “hunted” for volumes of the journal "Foreign …
Poster from a 2020 pro-choice rally that says, "If my uterus had a gun, would I have more rights?"

Theater of Cruelty

… approach to the abortion problem. Daniel Gordon teaches history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Legal history …
Top back row: Toyama Mitsuru, Abraham Woodhull, Aldrich Ames, Francis Walsingham, Front Row is Adolf G. Tolkachev, Mata Hari, Klaus Fuchs, and Elizabeth Van Lew

History's Top Spies

Espionage has become more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but spies remain.
… The times change, but spies remain. Here are ten of history’s top spies. Written by Robert J. Kodosky. Narration … History's Top Spies …
Hypodermic needle collecting medicine

The History of Vaccination: Top 10 Things to Know

The origins of vaccination lie in the practice of variolation, which was used to protect against smallpox.
… for the Corona virus. Just what do we know about the history behind the creation of vaccines? Written by Dr. … The History of Vaccination: Top 10 Things to Know …
woman with futuristic facial wear

Afrofuturism: Constructing a Better Future

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… was coined by Mark Dery in 1993, but encompasses a long history of African American and African diaspora … Black Lives in American History … World History since 1500 …
Great Wall of China

History’s Great Walls, Good Neighbors or Bad Policy?

Walls have a decidedly mixed record in achieving their goals to keep some people in and others out.
… it, neighborliness has not been the reason behind most of history’s major wall projects. Here is a look at some of the … History’s Great Walls, Good Neighbors or Bad Policy? …
The historic Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.

Marcus Dixon or Strom Thurmond: Which Is the Predator?

… hasn’t been so fortunate. James E. McWilliams teaches history at Texas State University -- San Marcos and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Black Lives in American History …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exiting a plane in 1964.

King in Time; King in time

… of The Papers of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Black Lives in American History …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Civil Rights March on Washington in 1963.

Spring Marches on Washington

… of The Papers of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Black Lives in American History …
Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. during a meeting with Senator Patrick Leahy on August 29, 2005

Give Roberts Some Breathing Room

… Catholic on this Court — the largest number in American history. Cognizant of the conservative philosophy of the new … History News Service … Legal history …