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: Ancient Heritage (blog)
5-14-14
"If the artefacts are still around, they are likely to be in a hidden collection of bits and bobs somewhere, utterly decontextualized."
Source: NYT
5-15-14
“She saw firsthand the impact of Brown v. Board of Education in her own life.”
Source: BBC
5-15-14
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
5-15-14
Segregation Increases after Desegregation Plans Terminated by Supreme Court
Source: OCLC
5-13-14
This collection provides a starting point for accessing historical information about Seattle neighborhoods.
Source: Inhabitat
5-15-14
The Sugar Sphinx is modeled after a caricature of an African-American woman and appears naked, crouching forward, and coated with sugar.
Source: HNN
5-16-14
by HNN Editor
The GOP wants you to remember Johnny Chung and others.
Source: The Smithsonian Institution Archives
1-23-14
The first modern building on the National Mall, the new museum opened with ten exhibit halls completed, with an additional fifty opening in the following years.
Source: NYT
5-16-14
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: Press Release -- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
5-15-14
Never before seen footage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt walking was unveiled today at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
Source: AP
5-8-14
Leaders from Germany and France publicly welcomed Putin's decision.
Source: NYT
5-14-14
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 Telegraph
5-15-14
The house where Adolf Hitler was born could be turned into language school and integration centre for migrants.
Source: The Seattle Times
5-14-14
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
5-14-14
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
5-14-14
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: The Guardian
5-13-14
The Santa Maria joins an impressive list of other historic wrecks that have been found recently.
Source: Irish Times
5-13-14
A 14-year correspondence with Fr Joseph Leonard reveal thoughts about marriage to President John F Kennedy and reaction to his assassination.
Source: NYT
5-12-14
The repairs took nearly three years after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in 2011 left visible cracks in the granite-and-marble structure.
Source: The Independent
5-13-14
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.
