History & Culture

Browse primary source documents from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

Detailed information on countries and states with photos, videos, and more.

Biographical information on people from throughout history, worldwide, and across all disciplines and subjects.

Information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. 

Videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.

Pre-colonial times to present day.

Complete overview of civilizations, religions, economics, and wars.

This collection brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine — every page of every issue — along with a searchable collection of maps, images and videos.

More than 300 full text publications, many peer-reviewed, providing extensive coverage of religion and philosophy—topics such as world religions & history, biblical studies, and political & moral philosophy.

Create and share timelines of important events spanning the arts, history and geography, science and technology, sports and more.