The Life and Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
While McKinley had been popular and had brought major changes to presidential prestige as well as the nation's world status,...
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While McKinley had been popular and had brought major changes to presidential prestige as well as the nation's world status,...
Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) considered herself a resident of Washington, D.C. and took an active part in the city's life...
Lafayette Square in the 19th century was the epicenter of political, social and civic activity in Washington, D.C. Originally...
In the second half of the nineteenth century Americans headed west to seek greater opportunities for themselves and their families....
In November of 1961, two Washington Post columnists hailed President John F. Kennedy as “the best friend culture has had in th...
Marian Anderson was a successful American contralto singer known for her enchanting performances in the United States and throughout the...
Elias Polk was born into slavery in 1806 on a farm owned by Samuel Polk, father of the future president of...
Shortly before 5 p.m. on April 11, 1968, several congressional and African-American leaders gathered in the East Room of the White House to...
The following excerpt is from Nancy Beck Young’s Lou Hoover: Activist First Lady, University of Kansas Press, 2004. The White Ho...
First published in 1872, William Still’s The Underground Rail Road drew on the author’s personal experience working with the Penn...
Three million dollars belonging to 61,000 African Americans. That's how much accumulated wealth vanished when the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company...
Though the people who enslaved African Americans on Lafayette Square were rich, powerful, and prominent, their slaves fought back against...