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A 16 year-old girl raped by Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing MassacrePhotograph depicting a 16 year-old Chinese gil who was raped and infected with a venereal disease by Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre
A 1957 American political cartoon titled “Another Race We Can Lose.”This political cartoon from a St. Louis newspaper sums up America’s despair over the successful Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit…
A 1958 news clip of an American official discussing the Soviet space program.This man alludes to the Soviet rejection of Open Skies in 1955 and their advancement in missile development. This clip was made months after the…
A 1959 cigarette company trading card featuring Laika, the Sputnik dog.Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika…
A 1961 American political cartoon published after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space when he completed a 108-minute orbital flight. The Soviets used this…
A 1961 model of Explorer I, the first American satellite to orbit the earth.Explorer I was launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite.
A 1962 news clip of the hydrogen-powered American Centaur missile exploding after take-offFollowing Yuri Gagarin’s successful orbit in 1961 and President John F. Kennedy’s ambitious plans for investment in space exploration, the American…
A Brave Black Regiment: The History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1863-1865Book on 54th Massachusetts Regiment by Captain Luis Emilio
A Commentary on the Effect of the Equal Rights Amendment on State Laws and Institutions
A Common Wooden Hand Press