This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Ancient Heritage (blog)
May 14, 2014
"If the artefacts are still around, they are likely to be in a hidden collection of bits and bobs somewhere, utterly decontextualized."
Source: NYT
May 15, 2014
“She saw firsthand the impact of Brown v. Board of Education in her own life.”
Source: BBC
May 15, 2014
The ancient remains of a teenage girl discovered deep underground in Mexico are providing additional insights on how the Americas came to be populated.
Source: The Civil Rights Project
May 15, 2014
Segregation Increases after Desegregation Plans Terminated by Supreme Court
Source: OCLC
May 13, 2014
This collection provides a starting point for accessing historical information about Seattle neighborhoods.
Source: Inhabitat
May 15, 2014
The Sugar Sphinx is modeled after a caricature of an African-American woman and appears naked, crouching forward, and coated with sugar.
Source: HNN
May 16, 2014
by HNN Editor
The GOP wants you to remember Johnny Chung and others.
Source: The Smithsonian Institution Archives
January 23, 2014
The first modern building on the National Mall, the new museum opened with ten exhibit halls completed, with an additional fifty opening in the following years.
Source: NYT
May 16, 2014
Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the ruling that struck down school segregation and marked a major turning point in the civil rights movement.
Source: Press Release -- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
May 15, 2014
Never before seen footage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt walking was unveiled today at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
Source: AP
May 8, 2014
Leaders from Germany and France publicly welcomed Putin's decision.
Source: NYT
May 14, 2014
Its crew will navigate a 3,600-mile-long route, making refueling stops in Maine, Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland before buzzing the skies over Omaha Beach in early June.
Source: The Telegraph
May 15, 2014
The house where Adolf Hitler was born could be turned into language school and integration centre for migrants.
Source: The Seattle Times
May 14, 2014
by Rick Steves
From a Barbie museum to shoe history to the Museum of Broken Relationships, there’s plenty beyond the usual.
Source: The Atlantic
May 14, 2014
A new survey suggests that many Asians, Africans, Middle Easterners, young people, Muslims, and Hindus believe that facts about the genocide have been distorted.
Source: Spiegel
May 14, 2014
Newly discovered documents show that in the years after World War II, former members of the Nazi Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS formed a secret army to protect the country from the Soviets.
Source: The Guardian
May 13, 2014
The Santa Maria joins an impressive list of other historic wrecks that have been found recently.
Source: Irish Times
May 13, 2014
A 14-year correspondence with Fr Joseph Leonard reveal thoughts about marriage to President John F Kennedy and reaction to his assassination.
Source: NYT
May 12, 2014
The repairs took nearly three years after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in 2011 left visible cracks in the granite-and-marble structure.
Source: The Independent
May 13, 2014
An expedition, mounted by his team a decade ago, had already found and photographed the wreck – but had not, at that stage, realized its probable identity.
