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: NY Times
Jun 3, 2019
One of President Trump’s earliest memories, one he routinely recounts to journalists and biographers, is of watching his mother watch television, so enthralled that she barely moved for hours, on the day in 1953 that Queen Elizabeth was crowned.
Source: NY Times
Jun 3, 2019
Three decades after the Chinese Army crushed demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, “Tank Man” — the person who boldly confronted a convoy of tanks barreling down a Beijing avenue — is as much a mystery as ever.
Source: History.com
Jun 3, 2019
Days before the invasion, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was told by a top strategist that paratrooper casualties alone could be as high as 75 percent.
Source: The Conversation
Jun 3, 2019
by Colin Flint
When Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 – a bold invasion of Nazi-held territory that helped tip the balance of World War II – they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports.
Source: AP
Jun 2, 2019
International leaders will gather again this week to honor the dwindling number of D-Day veterans.
Source: Capital Gazette
Jun 2, 2019
Seventy-five years later, the ranks have thinned of those who braved machine gun fire on French beaches that were marked on their maps with American names like Utah and Omaha.
Source: Washington Post
Jun 2, 2019
Pointe du Hoc’s importance as a military objective has become the subject of heated debate as the 75th anniversary of the invasion approaches.
Source: Newsweek
Jun 1, 2019
The LGBTQ Community is a vital part of American history.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 31, 2019
A retrospective on the black odyssey in America is scheduled for later this month at the National Archives at Atlanta.
Source: Atlantic Journal-Constitution
May 31, 2019
The FBI allegations chronicled by Garrow could trigger a new examination of the civil rights hero’s personal life.
Source: NY Times
May 30, 2019
New York City museums and public spaces celebrate Stonewall and the movement’s charismatic personalities in a handful of timely shows.
Source: Foreign Affairs
May 30, 2019
by Andrew J. Nathan
Inside the Secret Meeting That Changed China.
Source: NY Times
May 30, 2019
After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
Source: The Conversation
May 30, 2019
by Trevor Griffey
An article just published by the U.K.-based Standpoint Magazine alleges that civil rights icon Martin Luther King witnessed and even celebrated a woman’s rape.
Source: Washington Post
May 30, 2019
The Pulitzer Prize-winning King biographer says he doesn’t believe his reputation will suffer.
Source: Washington Post
May 30, 2019
More than seven decades after the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Philippines and raped hundreds of girls, the survivors still want to be heard.
Source: Gresham College
May 30, 2019
On Tuesday, June 4, Professor Margaret MacMillan will put the treaty in perspective, one hundred years later.
Source: ACME Specialist Whistles
May 30, 2019
Join The Search For The Lost D-Day Landing Clickers
Source: Washington Post
May 29, 2019
Congress had the final say on the design for the slain president’s monument. The competition was intense.
Source: History.com
May 28, 2019
At the close of the Civil War, freed slaves in Charleston honored fallen Union soldiers.
