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What Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill Saw During Their Hearings Was Eerily Similar Story Of The Year, Clarence Thomas, The New Yorker, Saw, Anita, Hearing, Hills, Ford

Story Of The Year

Clarence Thomas

What Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill Saw During Their Hearings Was Eerily Similar

Badass of the Week: Stagecoach Mary Fields Into The West, By Any Means Necessary, Black History Facts, Strange History, Stagecoach, Le Far West, Badass, African American Women, African Americans

By Any Means Necessary

Black History Facts

Strange History

African American Women

African Americans

Badass of the Week: Stagecoach Mary Fields

Canada Is Putting a Black Woman on its $10 Bill I Am Canadian, Canadian Dollar, Canadian History, Rosa Parks, New Glasgow, Adult Literacy, Black Canadians, Civil Rights Activists, O Canada

Canadian Dollar

Canadian History

Black Canadians

Civil Rights Activists

Canada Is Putting a Black Woman on its $10 Bill

Emerald Cup, 252 carats, Mughal, India, ca. late 16th-early 17th century. Objets Antiques, Ancient Jewelry, Ancient Artifacts, Rocks And Minerals, Indian Art, Islamic Art, Archaeology, Stones And Crystals, Precious Stones

Objets Antiques

Ancient Jewelry

Ancient Artifacts

Rocks And Minerals

Stones And Crystals

Precious Stones

Emerald Cup, 252 carats, Mughal, India, ca. late 16th-early 17th century.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed their Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics. Mexico Olympics, 1968 Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Podium, Olympic Sports, Olympic Games, Tommie Smith, Mexico 68, Mexico City

Mexico Olympics

Summer Olympics

Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed their Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics.

Rare photos of San Francisco's Chinatown, before the earthquake Rare Images, Rare Photos, Vintage Photographs, Old Photos, Vintage Photos, San Francisco Girls, San Francisco City, San Francisco California, Historical Sites

Vintage Photographs

San Francisco Girls

San Francisco City

San Francisco California

Historical Sites

Rare photos of San Francisco's Chinatown, before the earthquake

medicine chest, Vincenzo Giustiniani, the last Genoese governor of the Island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea, in the 1560s. On a box from the middle drawer is painted the symbol of Chios - a black eagle above a three-towered castle. The chest contains 126 drug bottles/pots. Collections D'objets, Medicine Chest, Medicine Kit, Medicine Bottles, Herbal Medicine, Cabinet Of Curiosities, Black Eagle, Science Museum

Collections D'objets

Medicine Bottles

Herbal Medicine

Cabinet Of Curiosities

medicine chest, Vincenzo Giustiniani, the last Genoese governor of the Island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea, in the 1560s. On a box from the middle drawer is painted the symbol of Chios - a black eagle above a three-towered castle. The chest contains 126 drug bottles/pots.

Silk Surihaku (Noh theatre costume). Azuchi-Momoyama Period, 16th century, Japan. Designated by Japan as “Important Cultural Property" Tokyo National Museum. This example would be one of the oldest extant Noh theatre costumes. Japanese Textiles, Japanese Art, Japanese Fabric, Japanese Outfits, Japanese Fashion, Geisha, Art Chinois, Japanese Costume, Kimono Design

Japanese Textiles

Japanese Fabric

Japanese Outfits

Japanese Fashion

Japanese Costume

Silk Surihaku (Noh theatre costume). Azuchi-Momoyama Period, 16th century, Japan. Designated by Japan as “Important Cultural Property" Tokyo National Museum. This example would be one of the oldest extant Noh theatre costumes.

Found on the Titanic Rms Titanic, Titanic Photos, Titanic History, Titanic Ship, Titanic Wreck, Titanic Movie, Anastasia, Titanic Artifacts, White Star

Titanic History

Titanic Artifacts

Found on the Titanic

Bessie Coleman, First African American Pilot Black History Month, Bessie Coleman, Kings & Queens, Oh My Goddess, Female Pilot, Portraits, Harlem Renaissance, The Windy City

Black History Month

Harlem Renaissance

Bessie Coleman, First African American Pilot

Feral Children: Jean-Claude Auger, an anthropologist, was traveling across the Spanish Sahara in 1960 when he found a naked child “galloping in gigantic bounds among a long cavalcade of white gazelles.” The boy mostly walked on all fours but occasionally walked upright. He appeared to be about ten years old. In 1966 an unsuccessful attempt was made to catch the boy in a net suspended from a helicopter but the gazelle boy was never removed from his wild companions. Basque Country, Jungle Book, Interesting History, Conspiracy Theories, Travel Alone, Weird World, Wild Child, Special People, World History

Interesting History

Conspiracy Theories

Feral Children: Jean-Claude Auger, an anthropologist, was traveling across the Spanish Sahara in 1960 when he found a naked child “galloping in gigantic bounds among a long cavalcade of white gazelles.” The boy mostly walked on all fours but occasionally walked upright. He appeared to be about ten years old. In 1966 an unsuccessful attempt was made to catch the boy in a net suspended from a helicopter but the gazelle boy was never removed from his wild companions.

A rare photo of Tatiana Nikolaievna Romanov, daughter of Tsar Nicolas II Tatiana Romanov, Anastasia Romanov, Alexandra Feodorovna, Old Pictures, Zar Nicolas Ii

Tatiana Romanov

Anastasia Romanov

Alexandra Feodorovna

A rare photo of Tatiana Nikolaievna Romanov, daughter of Tsar Nicolas II

Haunting Rare Photo of a Pre-Civil War Slave in Baltimore. Martha Ann "Patty" Atavis holds Alice Lee Withridge (one of the children in her care). Antique Photos, Portrait Vintage, We Are The World, African American History, American Civil War, Historical Society

Portrait Vintage

We Are The World

African American History

American Civil War

Historical Society

Haunting Rare Photo of a Pre-Civil War Slave in Baltimore. Martha Ann "Patty" Atavis holds Alice Lee Withridge (one of the children in her care).

NYC. Opening Day of World Trade Center Complex, April 4, 1973 Twin Towers, Photos Du, New York City, Photo New York, Ville New York, America Central, Trade Centre, World Trade Center Nyc

America Central

World Trade Center Nyc

NYC. Opening Day of World Trade Center Complex, April 4, 1973

U.S. Row of tenements, 260 to 268 Elizabeth St., New York, 1912 Lewis Wickes Hine, Elizabeth Street, Tenement, Lower East Side, Vintage New York, Vintage London, Old London

Lewis Wickes Hine

Elizabeth Street

Lower East Side

Vintage New York

U.S. Row of tenements, 260 to 268 Elizabeth St., New York, 1912

Shorpy Historic Picture Archive :: Looking up California: 1906 high-resolution photo Shorpy Historical Photos, Historical Pictures, Vegas, San Francisco Earthquake, Framed Poster Art, Fairmont Hotel, Thats The Way

Shorpy Historical Photos

Historical Pictures

San Francisco Earthquake

Framed Poster Art

Shorpy Historic Picture Archive :: Looking up California: 1906 high-resolution photo

"If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." - Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman, Don Delillo, The Jackson Five, John Brown, The Jacksons, American Women, American Heroes

The Jackson Five

American Heroes

"If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." - Harriet Tubman.

Barack Obama circa 1980. Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, First Black President, Mr President, Black Presidents, American Presidents, Young Obama, Presidente Obama, Black And White

First Black President

Black Presidents

American Presidents

Presidente Obama

Black And White

Barack Obama circa 1980.

First African American women to vote in Ettrick, Virginia, 1920 These women, left to right, are Eva Conner, Evie Carpenter, Odelle Green, Virginia Mary Branch, Anna Lindsay, Edna Colson, Edwina Wright, Johnella Frazer, and Nannie Nichols, African Diaspora, Before Us, Women In History, Womens Rights, Black Is Beautiful, Beautiful Pictures

African Diaspora

Women In History

Black Is Beautiful

Beautiful Pictures

First African American women to vote in Ettrick, Virginia, 1920 These women, left to right, are Eva Conner, Evie Carpenter, Odelle Green, Virginia Mary Branch, Anna Lindsay, Edna Colson, Edwina Wright, Johnella Frazer, and Nannie Nichols,

Moulin Rouge, Paris - Brassai Moulin Rouge Paris, Brassai, I Love Paris, Paris Ville, French Photographers

Moulin Rouge Paris

French Photographers

Moulin Rouge, Paris - Brassai

Helen of Many Glacier Hotel, a Native American Phone Operator in 1925. Native American Women, Native American History, American Indians, North American, Cree Indians, American Heritage

Native American Women

Native American History

American Indians

American Heritage

Helen of Many Glacier Hotel, a Native American Phone Operator in 1925.

Vietnam veterans protesting the war, 1970. Vietnam Veterans, Sun Tzu, Change The World, Vietnam Protests, Rich Kids Of Instagram, John Kerry, What Is The Secret, American History

Vietnam Veterans

Change The World

Vietnam Protests

Rich Kids Of Instagram

What Is The Secret

American History

Vietnam veterans protesting the war, 1970.

Harriet Tubman, slave, abolitionist, spy and 1st woman to lead an armed expedition during war. Born into slavery, she was beaten, 'hired out' and suffered seizures from being hit by a heavy weight. After escaping, she later made ~19 trips to rescue a total of over 300 slaves, sometimes using the Underground Railroad. Called 'Black Moses', she carried a gun and threatened to shoot any slave who would turn back. She was a Union spy during the Civil War and struggled for women's suffrage. Underground Railroad, Tilda Swinton, Ute Lemper, Idda Van Munster, Maria Callas

Underground Railroad

Idda Van Munster

Harriet Tubman, slave, abolitionist, spy and 1st woman to lead an armed expedition during war. Born into slavery, she was beaten, 'hired out' and suffered seizures from being hit by a heavy weight. After escaping, she later made ~19 trips to rescue a total of over 300 slaves, sometimes using the Underground Railroad. Called 'Black Moses', she carried a gun and threatened to shoot any slave who would turn back. She was a Union spy during the Civil War and struggled for women's suffrage.

Slow Train To Nowhere - Northern Pacific #Idaho So exactly how in the heck does a luxury, all wood, 100 plus year old, Northern Pacific car 1031, made by the famous Barney and Smith Co, (and supposedly used by President Warren Harding on vacations to Yellowstone Park) come to be in a field--far away from train tracks---between Horsebend and Banks, Idaho? | Visitidaho.org Old Buildings, Abandoned Buildings, Abandoned Places, Abandoned Vehicles, Pacific Car, Abandoned Train, Abandoned Ships, Old Trains, Steam Trains

Abandoned Buildings

Abandoned Places

Abandoned Vehicles

Abandoned Train

Abandoned Ships

Slow Train To Nowhere - Northern Pacific #Idaho So exactly how in the heck does a luxury, all wood, 100 plus year old, Northern Pacific car 1031, made by the famous Barney and Smith Co, (and supposedly used by President Warren Harding on vacations to Yellowstone Park) come to be in a field--far away from train tracks---between Horsebend and Banks, Idaho? | Visitidaho.org

Walker discovers the world's oldest message in a bottle washed up on a beach after 107 years... and refuses to open the note inside! Steve Thurber, from Courtenay, Canada, found the bottle still sealed on a beach. It was sent by Earl Willard from San Francisco, 1,115 miles away. Sent on 29 September 1906, it is 107 years old. The current record-holder is 97 years and 309 days old, found in Scotland. Squanto, American Continent, Message In A Bottle, Over The Years, Fun Facts, Messages, Discover

American Continent

Message In A Bottle

Walker discovers the world's oldest message in a bottle washed up on a beach after 107 years... and refuses to open the note inside! Steve Thurber, from Courtenay, Canada, found the bottle still sealed on a beach. It was sent by Earl Willard from San Francisco, 1,115 miles away. Sent on 29 September 1906, it is 107 years old. The current record-holder is 97 years and 309 days old, found in Scotland.