History Now Essay The Puerto Rican Experience in World War I Harry Franqui-Rivera Government and Civics Between 18,000 and 20,000 Puerto Ricans served in the United States Armed Forces during World War I. [1] Puerto Ricans have been serving in the US military since 1899, when Congress authorized the creation of the Battalion of Porto... Appears in: 53 | The Hispanic Legacy in American History Winter 2019
News The Gilder Lehrman Institute's 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights Now Available The Gilder Lehrman Institute's 2021 Calendar of Civil Rights is now available for purchase. Selected dates throughout the calendar highlight events that advanced civil rights in the United States for African Americans, women, and...
History Now Essay American Indians and the Transcontinental Railroad Elliott West Geography "Across the Continent" is among the most familiar lithographs of Currier and Ives. It features a locomotive chugging from the foreground toward a far western horizon. To the left of the tracks are the standard images of the coming of... Appears in: 38 | The Joining of the Rails: The Transcontinental Railroad Winter 2014
Spotlight on: Primary Source Preventing labor discrimination during World War II, 1942 Economics, Government and Civics In early 1942, as men of working age enlisted in the military and war production accelerated, US industries experienced a labor shortage. President Roosevelt established the War Manpower Commission "to assure the most effective...