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Zitkála-Šá (1876–1938) was a remarkable Yankton Dakota woman whose legacy as a writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist continues to inspire. After attending and later teaching at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, she courageously spoke out against its assimilationist policies—an act that led to her dismissal. Returning home to care for her mother, Zitkála-Šá began collecting and preserving traditional Indigenous stories, ensuring that these vital narratives would endure for future generations.

Discover more about her influential life and her enduring impact on education and culture: https://ow.ly/BnBb50ZU6ps

How have ideas of nonviolent resistance traveled across countries and generations?

For International Day of Non-Violence, we’re revisiting three articles from the Readex Blog covering Gandhi’s Indian Opinion and the struggle for Indian independence, then Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Historical newspapers and periodicals document how activists confronted injustice, debated strategies for change, and communicated their ideas to wider audiences.

Read the new collection of articles on the Readex Blog: https://ow.ly/WRvL50ZTIR6

📻 Before 21st century podcasts, radio provided news, entertainment, and even military intelligence, known as OSINT (Open Source Intelligence).

In 1962, China and the Soviet Union faced off over a portion of India's Himalayan border. How did war nearly erupt between two communist powers?

OSINT tells the story: https://ow.ly/oMHB50ZT3Qj

Introducing “The Manhattan Project: Building the Atomic Bomb, 1942-1946”—a new digital collection from Readex. Go beyond the science to discover the extraordinary teamwork, innovation, and resilience behind one of history’s most ambitious projects.

Explore original reports, maps, diagrams, photographs, and organizational charts that bring to life the creation of secure nuclear facilities and entire communities at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos. See how collaboration and leadership shaped a pivotal moment in the 20th century.

Start your journey into this remarkable archive: https://ow.ly/j8BY50ZQMxO

"I tell you, Bear Creek Valley someday will be filled with great buildings and factories, and they will help toward winning the greatest war that ever will be."

The Earth Will Shake: The Uncanny Prophecy of John Hendrix and the Building of the Atomic City https://ow.ly/w8Zk50ZShxl

🚗✈️ Join Dr. Beverly Gage on her great American road trip through U.S. history. She presented her latest book, This Land is Your Land, at the Readex Breakfast during .

"Traveling the country and learning about history can provide some existential comfort, since it shows that Americans have managed to get themselves out of big messes before. At the very least it makes it harder to say that things today are worse than ever. Among its other fine qualities, the past offers tools for thinking about how to create change in situations where the odds look daunting. One of those tools in the American narrative itself--its symbols and heroes, its lessons and points of caution."

▶️Watch her full talk: https://ow.ly/WAUN50ZRqjl

‘Every Man His Own Doctor’: Probing Public Health and Medical Quackery in U.S. Historical Newspapers and Government Publications https://ow.ly/kkR350ZP9mP

New digital primary source collection from Readex - The Manhattan Project: Building the Atomic Bomb, 1942-1946

📚 Reveals the background and context behind the production of the world’s first nuclear weapons
🗃️ More than 30,000 pages of declassified primary sources from the National Archives and Records Administration
✏️ Supports teaching and research across history, science, politics, and international relations

Explore this rich archive covering one of the most controversial events of the modern world that is still deliberated today: https://ow.ly/ANmY50ZQGtA

🍂✨ Happy First Day of Fall!

Czechoslovakia’s 1989 Velvet Revolution began not with a bang, but with a band. Specifically, that band was the Plastic People of the Universe.