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Confronted: A Black Family Moves In

Northern whites reveal their deep-seated prejudice when a black family moves into their neighborhood.

by WGBH via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on December 2, 1963

Illustration of a wood-paneled formal bathroom.

The Bathrooms of Old New York

On the enormous, ornate, and extremely impractical bathtub in his family’s old-fashioned brownstone home.

by Joseph Wyler via The New Yorker on January 21, 1939

A painting of an election taking place.

Children Will Listen

A political education begins with knockoff opinions amid the 1840 U.S. presidential election.

by Andrew Dickson White via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 1, 1905

A Letter From Frederick Douglass to His Former Owner

A spotlight on a primary source.

by Frederick Douglass via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on October 4, 1857

Portrait of George Washington

Conotocarious

When Native Americans met George Washington in 1753, they called him by the Algonquian name "Conotocarious," meaning "town taker" or "devourer of villages."

via The Digital Encyclopedia Of George Washington

Map of Europe with title "Franklina C. Gray: The Grand Tour"

Franklina C. Gray: The Grand Tour

In the late 19th Century, tourism to Europe boomed because wealthy Americans could travel more quickly and safely than ever before on railroads and steamships.

via Camron Stanford House

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