Social Studies Documents

During the 1930s, the federal government hired writers to interview former slaves and to obtain their oral histories. This is page 1 of the oral hist...

This is page 2 of the oral history of Sarah Grudger who claimed to be 121 years old at the time of the interview.  Click on the image for a bett...

This is page 3 of the oral history of Sarah Grudger who claimed to be 121 years old at the time of the interview.  Click on the image for a bett...

This is page 4 of the oral history of Sarah Grudger who claimed to be 121 years old at the time of the interview.  Click on the image for a bett...

This is page 5 of the oral history of Sarah Grudger who claimed to be 121 years old at the time of the interview.  Click on the image for a bett...

Sarah Hale wrote to President Lincoln asking that Thanksgiving be made a national holiday.

This chart depicts statistics regarding schizophrenia.  It reveals that genetics may play a role in developing the illness.

This image, from a study by Drs. E. Fuller Torrey and and Daniel Weinberger, depicts the brain scans of identical male twins, aged 28.  The scan ...

Schliemann of Troy:  Treasure and Deceit, by David A. Traill, examines the work which Heinrich Schliemann did at Troy.  Although he uncovere...

Among other things in his December 8th report, Hopkins notes - at page two - the FBI's efforts to get a confession from Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price: ...

In his December 8, 1964 investigation report, H. L. Hopkins - working for the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission - reports that Michael ("Mickey...

Free blacks who worked as seamen (during the years of American slavery) needed to prove they were not slaves.  To avoid capture, such men were gi...