Tye Leung
Tye Leung was small in stature, standing just about 4'5." People called her "Tiny." But my, was she a force.
Historical Snapshots
Honor people. Understand the past.
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Garrett Morgan
A fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in Manhattan on March 25, 1911, and spread rapidly through the two floors above it.
Thomas Paine: Part III
Note: read Part II.
Cave of Swimmers in the Valley of Pictures
There is a rock shelter wall in one of the driest deserts on Earth on which human figures are depicted with limbs bent as though they are swimming through water.
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Intro The story of Henry Ossawa Tanner begins in the U.S.
Thomas Paine: Part II
Note: read Part I.
Florence Nightingale
It was the mid-1850s, and Britain was at war in Crimea.
Kate Warne
One afternoon in 1856, a woman walked into Allan Pinkerton’s Chicago office and asked whether he would employ her as a detective.
Thomas Paine: Part I
Note: read the Introduction.
Thomas Paine: Introduction
Thomas Paine arrived in Philadelphia from England at the age of thirty-seven in late November of 1774, having nearly died from typhus on the voyage and needing to be carried ashore, too weak to stand.
Jesse Owens
"We all have dreams.
America's First Government: Part IV (Final)
To read previous parts: Part I / Part II / Part III.