The Invention of Jaywalking

The invention of the road as a car-centered space is a relatively new one. For most of history up until the early twentieth century, streets were shared spaces where multiple activities took place

Civil Rights Highlights: Literacy Test

[cs_content _p=’309839′][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_image _id=”4″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”5″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”6″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”7″ ][cs_element_text _id=”8″ ][cs_content_seo]Imagine going to register to vote in your local election. You go to the government office during the appropriate hours and request the form needed to register. Rather than give you the form, they begin to ask you […]

Civil Rights Highlight: Gwenn Oaks Park

[cs_content _p=’309829′][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_image _id=”4″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”5″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”6″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”7″ ][cs_element_text _id=”8″ ][cs_content_seo]At History Unboxed®, we are constantly reminded that history is all around us. Living near DC, I’m reminded by the grand monuments and well-known historic sites. But there is a merry-go-round that sits in the middle of the […]

“The Indians have landed”: The Occupation of Alcatraz

The occupation of Alcatraz was seen as a bold move that caught the attention of nationwide media and changed the face of Indian activism for decades to come. They crafted a compelling image of Native Americans seizing land by force from the United States by “right of discovery”, the same method by which so many European explorers claimed the Americas.