Spotlight on: Primary Source Ronald Reagan on the unrest on college campuses, 1967 In his 1966 campaign for California governor, Republican Ronald Reagan promised to "to clean up the mess at Berkeley." Reagan was referring to the unrest prevalent not just at the University of California, Berkeley, but on college...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Landing of Columbus, 1492 Geography, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ This engraving depicts Columbus’s first landing in the New World, on the island he called San Salvador, on October 12, 1492. Columbus is surrounded by his men on the beach. Discussing the landing in his journal, Columbus wrote that he...
History Now Essay Juan Felipe Herrera: Poet Laureate and Pioneer of Chicano Literature Francisco A. Lomelí Literature Juan Felipe Herrera, born to migrant parents Felipe Emilio Herrera and Lucha Andrea Quintana in Fowler, California, on December 27, 1948, is a writer unique for his unrelenting spirit of innovation. He boldly expands the boundaries of... Appears in: 66 | Hispanic Heroes in American History Spring 2023
Spotlight on: Primary Source Cadet Nurse Corps, 1943 The Cadet Nurse Corps, established by the Nurse Training Act of 1943, recruited women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five to be trained as nurses. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt insisted the act be amended to prevent racial...