Captured history

Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph of Marines raising an American flag on Japanese soil.

Recounts the events surrounding the 1957 photograph taken by Will Counts that captured one of nine African-American students trying to enter an Arkansas high school while being taunted by an angry white mob and discusses how the photo brought the civil rights movement to the forefront of the nation's attention.

Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Dorothea Lange photograph of a migrant mother and her children.