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Rough on Rats
"Rough on Rats" is a late 19th-century advertisement for a pesticide. The image depicts a stereotypical Chinese man eating a rat.
September 3, 2015
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Separate Is Not Equal
These two images depict segregated classrooms before the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
September 3, 2015
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Getting Students in the Mix
When students take the lead in promoting friendship and inclusivity, other students take notice!
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Women in the Military
In this image, Adam Zyglis invokes the iconic “We Can Do It!” image to comment on the role of military women on the front lines.
September 3, 2015
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The Magic Washer
An 1886 advertisement for a laundry detergent called the Magic Washer shows Uncle Sam booting out a group of stereotypically depicted Chinese Americans.
September 3, 2015
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Oyster Shucking: Dunbar, Louisiana
This 1911 photograph shows a four-year-old girl working alongside her mother shucking oysters in a Dunbar, Louisiana, cannery.
September 3, 2015
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MLK Dream Update
This political cartoon by Pat Bagley illustrates how income inequality can be viewed as the next chapter of Martin Luther King’s struggle.
September 3, 2015
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Manzanar, 1942
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 Japanese Americans, mostly U.S. citizens, were incarcerated in “War Relocation Camps.” These photographs were taken at Manzanar, one of the ten Japanese internment camps, in 1942.
September 3, 2015
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Autism and the Midas of Metaphor
This writing teacher challenges the mistaken view that people on the autism spectrum lack emotion and empathy.