February is Black History Month—a time to reflect on Black history, culture, and heritage in the US. To celebrate, The Library of Congress has published an album of widely requested photos of Black activists.
Here’s a piece of good news for all lovers of American history! A previously unrecorded portrait of civil rights icon Harriet Tubman is now available […]
Ten years ago today, the Library of Congress joined the Flickr Commons with the aim of ensuring better access to their historical photo collections.
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, the American highway systems and the increased availability of automobiles after WWII led to a unique boom […]
First published 75 years ago in 1939, the Depression-era epic and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck, chronicles the Dust Bowl […]