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President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) speaks to the nation before signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, July 2, 1964.

The speech emphasizes the United States' commitment to world peace and human rights, highlighting the importance of international cooperation through the United Nations. It calls for arms reduction, UN reforms, and collective action against regional…

President Ronald Reagan Meeting with Afghan Freedom Fighters in The Oval Office to Discuss Soviet Atrocities in Afghanistan

In this press release, President Truman announced that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea. The decision was made after war broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. On that day, North…

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Aaneru from Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1070-946 BCE.

Black and white photographic print depicting an aerial view of Willow Run, facing east. In the background is the airport. In the foreground is worker housing and a house along the water.
Caption reads: Ford's Willow Run bomber factory, shown here as…

U.S. Army troops serving with the U.S. Signal Corps photographed the bodies of deceased prisoners outside of barracks at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria on May 8, 1945 following that camp's liberation (U.S. National Archives and Records…