News Inside the Vault: Romeo Smith: Slave, Soldier, Freeman Read a transcript of the certificate and examine an African American’s pay warrant from the Revolutionary War .
News Inside the Vault: An African American Protests the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 Read the transcript of Henry Weeden’s note and read an essay about abolition and antebellum reform .
News Happy Birthday George Washington: On This Day, 1732 George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Virginia. To celebrate, enjoy a performance of "One Last Time" from the Broadway musical Hamilton , performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Sydney James Harcourt, and...
News An "Autograph and Something More" from Frederick Douglass Between 1855 and 1886, Franklin E. McNear collected autographs in his leather-bound, red autograph book . Among the eighty-four signatures are notable historic figures like P.T. Barnum, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Frederick Douglass ....
News "Bookending" the Twentieth Century The twentieth century was packed with socio-economic changes in American society. It is often difficult to understand just how different our country was at the beginning of the century. Use the infographic below as you are teaching...
News Counting Down to Hamilton There are only six short weeks until the first student matinee of Hamilton on April 13! To celebrate the launch of the program, we are excited to give you a series of posts that offer insight into the life of Alexander Hamilton. Every...
News Interactive Infographic: Women’s Suffrage through 1920 Looking to celebrate Women’s History Month by teaching women’s suffrage? Take a peek at our new infographic map and explore which states did (and did not) pass women’s suffrage before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920....