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Archive: 2017 (106 Posts)

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Mobilizing Diversity During World War I

Posted by: Danna Bell

When the United States entered World War I, it was also grappling with issues related to suffrage, immigration, and social inequality. The country needed the work of the entire populace to fuel its efforts in the Great War, and the nation's leadership tried to rally all people of the country around the war, urging all to unite against a common enemy. Students can examine primary sources from the Library of Congress to better understand how minority groups were recruited to help support the war effort.

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Helping Students Explore Their Community’s Past through Photography

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Driven by a sense of urgency in documenting aspects of American life that are disappearing, such as barns, lighthouses, motor courts, and eclectic roadside art, photographer Carol Highsmith has donated her work to the Library of Congress since 1992. The images, recording current scenes and historical remnants of rural, urban, and small town life, are worthy of study. The project might also inspire students to document and preserve that which makes their own communities unique.

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Watch: “Loving Vs. Virginia” Virtual Program, Wednesday, May 3, 10:30 AM EDT

Posted by: Stephen Wesson

The Library of Congress invites you and your students to join a virtual program on a famous legal case that cleared the way for interracial marriage in the United States. At this year's Jonah S. Eskin Memorial Program, Patricia Hruby Powell will speak about her new young people's book, “Loving vs. Virginia.” Hruby Powell's book features illustrations by Shadra Strickland.