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An image of the Stonewall Inn in 1969

Aerial view of Koreatown facing north over Mid-Wilshire District (Koreatown), The Travelers Insurance Building, Sheraton Wilshire Hotel.
Streetscape. Oblique aerial photography.

Pacific Indemnity Building at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue The Texaco Building can be seen further down the street, heading west. On the left side of the street is See's Candy and Magic Mirror Beauty Salon, while on the right…

Polymneia

In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national resources it deserves, and its expected results, including a bold prediction of moon exploration.

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 onboard to test the effects of space on a living organism. At the time, Soviets reported that they…

After some setbacks and second place finishes to the Soviets, the United States successfully became the first nation to land a man on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, and astronaut Michael…

An excerpt from the 1976 Senate Judiciary Committee report on revolutionary activities within the American Indian Movement. A profile of AIM from the federal perspective.

Mathematics textbook, 17th edition, published in Philadelphia, 1773