A Return to Economic Peril
Lyndon B. Johnson in Martin County, Kentucky (1964) This famous photo depicts President Lyndon B. Johnson sitting on the porch of Mr. Tom Fletcher’s home in Inez, Kentucky on April… Read more »
Category: Spring 2019
Reaganomics
President Reagan’s Address to the Nation on the Economy (February 2, 1981) On February 2, 1981, Ronald Reagan addressed the general public from the Oval Office in the White House with… Read more »
Introduction
This project will outline the access and state of education from the 1920s throughout the 1980s regarding minorities. Education throughout history has been an idea of great concern for those… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources: Adams, Ansel. “Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura and Her Two Children, Joyce Yuki and Louise Tami, Standing on the Step at the Entrance of a Dwelling, Manzanar Relocation Center.” Digital… Read more »
Japanese American Imprisonment in Internment Camps
History of Tension: California’s long standing negative relationship with Asian Americans beginning with the Gold Rush of 1848 rapidly declined into the 20th century. The affair worsened after Americans claimed… Read more »
Native Americans Unlawful Incarceration and Domestication
The Beginning of Native American Oppression and Early Impact: The migration of Europeans seeking asylum in the United States forced westward expansion. Immigrants imposed themselves on a peaceful nation, stole… Read more »
1920s-1940s
Catholics Doing Much For Negro Education (1933) This newspaper column is from Pittsburgh, Pa. Published by the Real Times, Inc. This newspaper gives first hand evidence and explanation as… Read more »
Introduction
This project will examine the changes in presidential powers and influence from World War I to the end of the Cold War. Due to the number of military and threat… Read more »
World War 1
Woodrow Wilson Calling for War (1917) This drawing done by Victor Pernard on April 2, 1917, later published in the New York Times in 1919, depicts Woodrow Wilson at the… Read more »
World War II
December 8, 1941: Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War, December 8, 1941,” UVA: Miller Center via the… Read more »
The Cold War
The Korean War President Truman On Korea: Addressing the Nation Harry Truman. “President Truman addresses the nation on the issue of Korean War and signs an emergency proclamation in Washington… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources Pernard, Victor. President Wilson Delivering Historic War Message. New York: New York Times Co., 1919. From Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed May 5, 2019). Wilson, Woodrow and the 64th… Read more »
Introduction
This project will examine the relationship between the United States and the State of Israel. The exhibition will specify on how the United States responded to calls for the founding… Read more »
Response to the Founding of a Jewish State
“The Balfour Statement.” Newspaper article by Dr. Schulman (1917) The article written by Dr. Samuel Schulman shortly after the Balfour Declaration in 1917 highlights Jewish opposition to the Balfour Declaration. Dr…. Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources Eastlock, Helen M.. Helen Eastlock to Eleanor Roosevelt, April 11, 1939. ProQuest History Vault. https://congressional.proquest.com/histvault?q=001398-010-0938. Delano, Jack. “At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina,” 1940. Library of Congress… Read more »
U.S.-Israeli Relationship over Arab States and Territories
President Dwight D. Eisenhower Speech (1957) In radio and television speech, President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the people of the United States and explained to them the current situation… Read more »
The Influence of Public Opinion and Lobbying Groups
“Pence Knocks Democrats Over Their Stance on Israel.” photograph (2019) This photograph, taken by Jim Watson on March 25th, 2019, was taken at the American Israel Public Affairs Conference (AIPAC) in… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources: Eisenhower, Pres. Dwight D. Speech, White House, Washington D.C. February 20, 1957. Goodstein, Laurie. “Falwell To Mobilize Support for Israel.” The New York Times (New York, New York),… Read more »
Introduction
For this museum I will be analyzing African American accomplishments and different types of activism from the Reconstruction Era all the way through the first African American woman campaigning for… Read more »
Introduction
Introduction This museum exhibit will focus on how popular music in America displayed the political views of the general public from 1877 to present day. Specifically following the music during… Read more »