Historical Snapshots

Anandibai Joshi journeyed from India to the U.S. to pursue a medical school education in 1883. Prior to leaving, she wrote her sponsor, a wealthy woman from New Jersey who, over years of corresponden…

Dr. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was born to Russian immigrant parents in New York City on July 19, 1921, and grew up in the Bronx. Her upbringing was modest yet deeply enriched by her parents' emphasis on …

"He told the orphans they were going out into the country, so they ought to be cheerful. At last they would be able to exchange the horrible suffocating city walls for meadows of flowers, streams whe…

On the surface, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a simple proposal, democratic even. It would take the vast Nebraska Territory, carve it into two separate entities—Kansas and Nebraska—and let the …

"Freedom has never been free...I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them." - Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers was a leade…

"Of the multitude who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank." - President John F. Kennedy

Anne Fran…

Episode transcript:

"To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have …

Story transcript & sources: https://historicalsnaps.com/2023/09/21/snapshot-marian-anderson-biography/

Transcript and original post: Langston Hughes: writer, “My People” & other works

Episode photo source: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Elizabeth …

Snapshot biography of Jesse Owens on Historical Snapshots

Our snapshot biography of actress and inventor, Hedy Lamarr:

Some said Hedy Lamarr was the most beautiful woman in the world. Some said she had the most beautiful face they had ever seen. Some just st…

Story transcript:

“There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest…

The short story of Anne Sullivan, who after overcoming much hardship in her early years, became a teacher, governess and friend to Helen Keller.

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