WebAmerican Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid 17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Euro-American culture. In the process, these schools denigrated Native …

WebMagazine of the American Federation of Musicians: The Talking Machine World 1905-1928 Trade journal of the gramophone industry: Airheads Radio Survey Archive. Thousands of Top 40 record charts plus air checks and more. James Caesar Petrillo A collection of articles, books and links about the controversial head of the American Federation of ...

WebQuestia. After more than twenty years, Questia is discontinuing operations as of Monday, December 21, 2020.

WebJun 02, 2009 · “Brilliant, insightful, and important.” — New York Sun “Well-researched, seriously argued, and funny.” — Publishers Weekly “Bold and witty… [Goldberg] makes a persuasive case that fascism was from the beginning a movement of the left.” — New York Post “Jonah Goldberg is the first historian to detail the havoc this spin of all spins has …

WebThe history of art mirrors the history of humankind, and the study of works of art and the lives of artists illuminates much about our shared past. ... Robert Henri, American Realist Painter of the Ashcan School. Biography of Frederic Edwin Church, American Landscape Painter. Life and Work of Hilma af Klint, Western Art's First Abstractionist.

WebHistory. On 2 December 1823, President James Monroe delivered the 'Monroe Doctrine' which would eventually influence Secretary of State James G. Blaine to push for the creation of the Pan-American Conferences. In this speech, President Monroe stated that any further attempts by the Europeans to colonize the Americas (North, Central and South) would be …

WebThe history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. ... William Wade's 1925 Alabama team won the 1926 Rose Bowl after receiving its first national title and William Alexander's 1928 Georgia Tech team defeated California in the 1929 Rose Bowl. College football quickly became the most ...

Web17th century 1670s 1670. First African-American to own land in Boston: Zipporah Potter Atkins [citation needed] 18th century 1730s–1770s 1738. First free African-American community: Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (later named Fort Mose) in Spanish Florida [citation needed]; 1746. First known African-American (and slave) to compose a …

WebFor about 30 years, from around 1900 to the late 1920s, America had an active and popular eugenics movement. Supporters of eugenics argued the public good required removing from the population genes thought to cause low intelligence, or immoral, criminal or …

WebThe North American AJ Savage (later A-2 Savage) is an American carrier-based medium bomber built for the United States Navy by North American Aviation.The aircraft was designed shortly after World War II to carry atomic bombs and this meant that the bomber was the heaviest aircraft thus far designed to operate from an aircraft carrier. It was …