The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2023 was an opportunity to re-examine the work of Eleanor Roosevelt and her colleagues in the United Nations as ...

Eleanor Roosevelt delivering a speech, 1945. This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally ...

Eleanor Roosevelt talks to a child at the ceremonies inaugurating the slum clearance in Detroit, Michigan. Bettmann / Getty Images At 3 a.m. on December 10, 1948, after nearly three years of intense ...

The Forward is one of 57 libraries, museums and city agencies, contributing to a new app called Urban Archive, helping make historical materials engaging and accessible. This week, bring you a look at ...