‘Signs of the Times’ markers map out Harlem’s rich Black history
Luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance and beyond are celebrated and memorialized in 25 commemorative plaques that now bear ...
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20 years ago today, Google Maps went public and changed the way we navigate the world
Google Maps started as a project called Where 2 in 2004 by a Sydney-based team and quickly evolved into the beloved ...
California’s big, storied past gets a nuanced, superbly researched retelling in one volume
Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of ...
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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Why Were All of These Bodies Buried Sitting Upright and Facing West More Than 2,000 Years Ago?
Archaeologists are still unraveling the mysteries of an unusual burial site in Dijon, France, which dates to between 450 and ...
A Settlement Discovery Could Upend Our Theory of Early America
An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.
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Captain America: Brave New World
Captain America: Brave New World is the next installment in the long-running Captain America franchise, which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Brave New World’s political thriller tone ...
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How did they do it? Mapping techniques without GPS or electronic devices
Alfred Downing created accurate sketches of the banks and riverbed of the Columbia River. In 1880, he created a reasonably accurate outline sketch of the Waterville Plateau. He ...