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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…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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)

English: Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913. Cover of program for the National American Women's Suffrage Association procession, showing woman, in elaborate attire, with cape, blowing long horn, from which is…

English: American Equal Rights Association Memorial 3 January 1867