For over 500 years, people of African descent have shaped the course of American history. From the fight against slavery to the March on Washington, relive the triumphs and tragedies of the African American experience with our extensive timeline of African American history.
-provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
The Mindset List was created at Beloit College in 1998 to reflect the world view of entering first year students. It started with the members of the class of 2002, born in 1980.
This site lets you create a printable "time capsule" for any date in history since 1800 (though best after 1875). Enter a date and up pop newspaper headlines from the date, famous people born on the date, top songs, TV shows, books and toys, economic indicators, Academy Award winners and more.
- an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
Lists events which occurred on each month and day of the year throughout history. Links to New York Times newspaper articles about the events when available.
As the twentieth century rushes toward its conclusion, People's Century looks back at the story of our times. This twenty-six part television series, broadcast on PBS, offers new insight into the turbulent events of these hundred years through the revealing personal testimony of the people who were there.
What Happened In My Birth Year offers a look into the past and the history surrounding you, and was created by Philipp Lenssen. Some content is from Creative Commons licensed Wikipedia with credit to its individual authors
