Profile America: From Sea To Shining Sea
Historian Frederick Jackson Turner delivered a landmark academic paper declaring that the closing of the American frontier ended the formative national experience.
Historian Frederick Jackson Turner delivered a landmark academic paper declaring that the closing of the American frontier ended the formative national experience.
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies will host a luncheon reception and awards ceremony for the 65th Infantry Regiment Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Hunter College.
This week in 1898, President William McKinley signed a resolution annexing the Hawaiian islands, then an independent republic.
Today is the signature American holiday, celebrating the date in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
In1964, the Civil Rights Act swept away Jim Crow laws by prohibiting discrimination based on race in all accommodations and facilities open to the public, as well as employment, union membership, and voter registration.
The Juneteenth holiday is Sunday, June 19, and it commemorates the official end of slavery in 1865.
One of the worst calamities to hit the U.S. happened on this date in 1889 — the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood.
On this date 12 years ago, the dedication ceremony for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. was held.
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of […]
THOMAS MALTHUS Profile America — This month — and some sources cite this date — is the 250th anniversary of the 1766 birth of Thomas Malthus in Dorking, England. Given that birthplace, he perhaps naturally became an economist, demographer […]
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL Saturday, February 13 — This date marks the anniversary in 1635 of the idea of America’s first public school — the Boston Latin School — long before there was a United States. Established in April that […]
Celebrate Black History Month Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson’s Celebration of Black History Month, in partnership with Senator Jose M. Serrano, Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner and WellCare Health Plan, on Friday, February 26th, 2016, at 5:30PM, at the Bronx Museum of the […]
ROSA PARKS Profile America — Adding poignancy to Black History Month, today marks the birthday in 1913 of Rosa Parks, a community activist who became a symbol of the fight for civil equality. Parks was arrested for refusing to […]
On this date in 1848, the United States and a defeated Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the controversial Mexican American war, which began in May 1846.
In February, Bronxites are invited to join the Rotary Club of the Bronx in its celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH. “Our club will be observing this month as part of our engagement with the community,” said TOBA Adeyemi LaCrown, President, […]
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