Presidents and elections
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In the fall of 1962 the college town of Oxford, Mississippi, erupted in violence. James Meredith, an African American, attempted to register at the all-white University of Mississippi, known as "Ole Miss." This site lets visitors witness the events firsthand through the actual letters, recorded telephone conversations, and images of those who made history.
Interactive Exhibits - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Running for Office - Cartoons of Clifford K. Berryman
Clifford K. Berryman: Political Cartoonist Extraordinaire In 1886 at the age of 17, Clifford K. Berryman moved from Kentucky to Washington, DC, to work at the U.S. Patent Office, where he used his self-taught talents to draw patent illustrations. He left the Patent Office in 1891 to become a cartoonist’s understudy for the Washington Post.
Presidents
Presidents of the United States The most comprehensive website about the Presidents of the United States and the US Presidency. The alphabetized subject headings below contain a wide array of information and resources about the Presidents of the United States. The purpose of this site is to provide researchers, students, teachers, politicians, journalists, and citizens a complete resource guide to the US Presidents. Feel free to make a link to this or any other page on this web site. If you would like to suggest a Presidential link, report a broken link, or have any comments please use the following address:The Pare Lorentz Center Founded in 1993 by Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, the Pare Lorentz Center's mission is to apply the audiovisual techniques pioneered by Pare Lorentz to teach history and social studies, and to perpetuate Lorentz's use of the documentary format in inspiring social and political messages. Located at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the center is funded through a generous grant from the New York Community Trust to the Roosevelt Institute. Pare Lorentz created groundbreaking documentary films - a powerful synthesis of stunning imagery, poetic narration, and evocative music - for New Deal agencies of the Roosevelt Administration: the Resettlement Administration (RA), the Farm Service Administration (FSA), and The US Film Service.
Home - FDR: Day by Day
Election of 1800 in their own words
Thanks to the great US team in my school for this and the two videos below it. People think that today's campaigns are hard, but the early US ones were more harsh especially with the two New York City newspapers dueling it out (and not even trying to be unbiased). Above is what Adams and Jefferson said about each other.