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Posted by: Danna Bell
The All American News, an organization that created newsreels for African American audiences, produced a thirty minute documentary on the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. This event took place on May 15, 1957, the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Where can you look if you think you’ve run out of information about a person or place? How can we encourage students to be persistent researching in the face of a “dead end”? And how do we equip students with the knowledge of databases and archives, so that when they run into a historical dead end, they know where to keep looking?
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
One thing that remains constant for Kris Pruzin is a dedication to public service and providing the best experiences for users of the Library.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Women's History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Analyzing primary sources, just like sharing my personal pictures, has provided students with first hand information from the past. This allows students to build connections between the concept being learned and the primary source and leads to powerful learning.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, World History
Posted by: Danna Bell
It is thrilling to see all of the ways researchers can approach artists' prints--as visual poetry; as primary documents that uniquely reflect history, culture, and society; for pure appreciation of beauty, technical mastery, or eloquence; and in ways yet to be discovered.
Posted in: Fine and Performing Arts, Interviews with Experts
Posted by: Danna Bell
My hope is that my work to create source materials on Civil War nurses situates nurses in the heart of the Civil War and proves their importance in the growing war historiography.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Women's History