German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam.Â
Excerpts from the Reverend Edward Scott, who had run away from slavery and helped others escape via the underground railway and Dr. Benjamin Morgan Palmer's Thanksgiving sermon.
Faced with the growing threat of African American political, economic and social power, white Southerners put aside their differences to unite. With rough politics and terror they seek to restore their supremacy.
Securing Iwo Jima came at a great cost to the Marine Corps and the Navy. More than 75,000 Americans fought at Iwo Jima. Almost 7,000 were killed and more than 24,000 wounded.
Yoshiko Hashimoto and her baby survived. But as many as 100,000 Japanese civilians, including her mother, father and a sister, perished in the firestorm of March 10, 1945.
