Photo: Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, c. 1875. Credit: Mathew Brady & Levin Corbin Handy; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Pinckney Pinchback: The Nation’s First African American Governor

By Tony Pettinato on December 9, 2016

An article about Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becoming the nation’s first African American governor on 9 December 1872... (Read More)

Photo: Ellis Island, East side of the main building. Credit: Ingfbruno; Wikimedia Commons.

Ellis Island History & Immigration Facts

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 8, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about Ellis Island and its history as an immigrant inspection station... (Read More)

Photo: the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor. Credit: Victor-ny; Wikimedia Commons.

One of the Last Pearl Harbor Survivors Dies

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 7, 2016

An article about the death of Robert Charles Johnson, one of the last survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor... (Read More)

Illustration: cartoon depicting celebration in the House of Representatives after adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, 18 February 1865. Credit: Harper's Weekly; Wikimedia Commons.

Slavery Abolished with Ratification of the 13th Amendment

By Tony Pettinato on December 6, 2016

An article about the 13th Amendment being ratified on 6 December 1865, permanently banning slavery everywhere in the United States... (Read More)

Photo: Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D. H. Lackey after being arrested for boycotting public transportation, Montgomery, Alabama, February 1956. Credit: Associated Press; Wikimedia Commons.

Rosa Parks Arrest Sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott

By Tony Pettinato on December 1, 2016

An article about the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott... (Read More)

Photo: Secret Service agent Clinton Hill shielding the occupants of President Kennedy's limousine: President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie, 22 November 1963. Credit: Justin Newman; Wikimedia Commons.

Eyewitness Accounts of President Kennedy’s Assassination

By Tony Pettinato on November 22, 2016

An article about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963... (Read More)

Photo: Thomas Edison and his early phonograph, c. 1878. Credit: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Thomas Edison Invents the Phonograph – and Immortality

By Tony Pettinato on November 21, 2016

An article about Thomas A. Edison inventing the phonograph on 21 November 1877... (Read More)

1913 Great Lakes Storm Kills over 250, Destroys 19 Ships

By Tony Pettinato on November 10, 2016

An article about the deadly Great Lakes Storm of 1913, with blinding snow, hurricane-force winds over 70 m.p.h., and killer waves up to 35 feet high... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Jeannette Rankin by Sharon Sprung. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jeannette Rankin – The First Woman Elected to Congress

By Tony Pettinato on November 7, 2016

An article about Montana’s Jeannette Rankin becoming the first woman elected to Congress, winning a seat in the U.S. House on 7 November 1916... (Read More)

Tag: American History