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English: Clipping of parts of front page of The Washington Times, August 19, 1920, after Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (women's suffrage amendment)

This conference discussed drug-related issues, such as addiction, trafficking, and public health policy. The photograph offers a glimpse into a significant historical moment in the United States' ongoing struggle with drug-related problems with Nixon…

Two Afghan boys play with the empty canisters of a Soviet made anti-tank missile in Kabul, May 1989.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1972-058-62 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

Netherlands. Land reclamation in Holland with help of Marshall Plan Funds

Photo showing Paul G. Hoffman, head of the Marshall Plan, holding his first press conference. He announced the appointment of Dennis A. Fitzgerald of the Department of Agriculture to head the important food division of his organization. This was the…

Children attending "freedom schools" in churches and public buildings. It was a one-day boycott of "de facto" segregation in Boston public schools. This boycott was sponsored by the Freedom Movement. The movement's headquarters were in St. Mark's…

Young NAACP members are seen picketing in Edenton, NC. Obtained by Kelly M. Alexander Sr. as president of the North Carolina State Conference of Branches and as a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors.

Nazareth Allen, of Bibb County, Georgia, was one of the several Andersonville guards who spoke during the trial of Henry Wirz in fall 1865. Allen testified, "I was on duty at the stockade as a sentry. I had the means of observing the condition of…