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White politicians were coercing African Americans to vote long before civil rights
During a recent campaign rally in Tennessee, Donald Trump claimed that most African Americans have been voting for the Democratic Party for over a century. He told supporters, “African Americans vote… → Read More
The Panama Canal’s Forgotten Casualties –
It was the greatest infrastructure project the world had ever seen. When the 77 kilometre-long Panama Canal officially opened in 1914, after 10 years of construction, it fulfilled a vision that had… → Read More
America’s forgotten Filipino farmworkers: If you know Cesar Chavez, you should know Larry Itliong
Larry Itliong was just one of the thousands who arrived on the West Coast from the Philippines before the country won its independence. Most labored quietly in the fields, despite the many challenges… → Read More
This athlete conquered poverty, racism, and polio in order to became an Olympian
Six-year-old Wilma Rudolph was different from the other kids. They could walk, run, and jump, but she was hampered by a paralyzed, twisted left leg. At her elementary school in Clarksville… → Read More
After WWI, men started to take women’s soccer seriously, then they banned it
Soccer player Lily Parr “had a kick like a mule,” said Joan Whalley, her teammate. “She was the only person I knew who could lift a dead ball, the old heavy leather ball, from the left wing over to… → Read More
Newly released footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral procession
This home movie footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral procession, taken by Detroit couple Edsel B. and Mary B. Stallings, has only been available to the public on Prelinger Archives for a… → Read More
This fearless Mexican American reporter fought racism and sexism to keep power in check
In 1914, Texas Rangers — armed, uniformed, angry — rode up to the offices of El Progreso, a Spanish-language newspaper in Laredo, and beat on the door. The state officers were notorious for harassing… → Read More
The history of gendered children’s toy marketing –
“The marketing of toys is more gendered now than even 50 years ago, when gender discrimination and sexism were the norm.” — Elizabeth Sweet In 1975, only 2 percent of toys in the Sears catalog were… → Read More
J. Edgar Hoover’s war on black artists –
In December 1925, an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays on black art and literature was published under the title The New Negro. It was a defining moment in awakening a politically conscious… → Read More
Little more than 70 years ago, Italians were the poverty-stricken immigrants from an “undesirable”…
During World War II, Italians and Italian Americans in the U.S. were deemed a threat to national security. Six hundred thousand were forced to register with the government and carry “enemy alien… → Read More
Men put her on the ballot as a sexist practical joke; then she won
Susanna “Dora” Salter was doing her laundry when she got the news: She had just been elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas. Just like that, the 29-year-old became the first woman mayor in the United… → Read More
Loïs Mailou Jones paved a path for black artists who had been shut out of the world of fine art
Loïs Mailou Jones began her career at a time when racial prejudices and gender discrimination were strong in American culture, but she managed to transcend the race and gender barriers and lead a… → Read More
How turbans helped some black men avoid Jim Crow era racism
He was thought to be the son of a French opera singer and an Indian Man from New Delhi, but he was actually a black man from Missouri, the son of a preacher. By donning a turban, Korla Pandit… → Read More
Watch: What exactly did mental asylum tourists want to see?
As our understanding of mental illness has changed, so too has the phenomenon of asylum tourism. Visitors once flocked to see the terrible spectacle of suffering, mentally ill patients. Then, as the… → Read More
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Watch: How bizarre, giant balloons took over New York’s famous Thanksgiving Day Parade
Today, over 20 million people watch the Thanksgiving day parade on television. Started in 1924 as a Christmas Parade by the booming Macy’s department store to celebrate the store’s growth to a full… → Read More
Watch: This unsettling color footage shows a 1944 Japanese American incarceration camp
Powerful, newly-discovered color footage from 1944 shows a day in the life of a World War II camp in Jerome, Arkansas built to imprison Japanese Americans. The footage is narrated by Saburo Masada… → Read More
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At Timeline, we believe that history is filled with extraordinary and vibrant stories. We also believe that it’s impossible to make sense of today without understanding the people and events that… → Read More
Watch: This young black painter made art history with his sparse, powerful vision
In 1941, at age 23, Jacob Lawrence created a powerful statement that continues to ripple through American visual history with The Migration Series. Lawrence’s 60 panels on the epic movement of black… → Read More
Watch: Here’s what you need to know about Antifa –
Antifa today traces their lineage to anti-fascist groups and militias who fought the rise of fascism in Europe during the 1930s. Since Antifa is an organizing strategy not an organization, followers are mostly united by their pursuit of similar tactics and a “by any means necessary” approach. → Read More