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: BBC
May 16, 2014
"Placing the torpedo in the middle of the street he lighted it, and the machine at once started down the street at a terrific pace."
Source: HNN
May 16, 2014
by HNN Editor
The GOP wants you to remember Johnny Chung and others.
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: WaPo
May 15, 2014
And the family's selling it.
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: 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: 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: The Telegraph
May 15, 2014
The house where Adolf Hitler was born could be turned into language school and integration centre for migrants.
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 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 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: Capital New York
May 13, 2014
Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam wrote in the majority opinion that injury to reputation is within the intent of the statute used to prosecute for criminal impersonation.
Source: OCLC
May 13, 2014
This collection provides a starting point for accessing historical information about Seattle neighborhoods.
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: 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.
