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- Tags: United States
City Club of Cleveland, Robert F Kennedy, "A Call to Stop Violence"
City Club of Cleveland, Robert F Kennedy, "A Call to Stop Violence", City Club of Cleveland, April 5, 1968
Senator Robert F. Kennedy, in a speech to a city club in Cleveland, Ohio, bemoans the futility of violence and how it erodes love and connection…
Tags: Humanity, MLK, Racism, Robert F. Kennedy, United States, Violence
Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC - Logo AP - Photograph, 2006 - Logo 2020 April - Photograph
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading, national public health institute of the United States. It is a United States…
Tags: CDC, Diseases, Media, Public Health, United States
George Washington, State of the Union Address
George Washington, State of the Union Address, Library of Congress, January 8 1791
From Wikipedia: The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the President of the United States to…
Tags: Budget, Economy, President, State of the Union, United States, US Congress
AngMoKio, Yosemite National Park
AngMoKio, Yosemite National Park, AngMoKio, 7-Sep
Yosemite National Park is an American national park located in the western Sierra Nevada of Central California, bounded on the southeast by Sierra…
Tags: California, Environment, Park, United States, Yosemite
Earth First
Earth First
“Political compromise has no place in the defense of Earth.” Excerpt from an Earth First! Memo by Dave Forman and Howie Wolke In 1980 Dave…
Tags: Advocacy, Earth First, Ecology, Environment, Southwest, United States
Mark Dixon, DC Climate March - 2017
Mark Dixon, DC Climate March - 2017, Mark Dixon, 29 April, 2017
The People's Climate March was a protest which took place on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall, and among 300 locations throughout the United States,…
Tags: D.C., Environment, People's Climate March, United States, Washington
White House Photo Office, Nixon Plants a Tree
White House Photo Office, Nixon Plants a Tree, Public domain in the United States, 1971
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it…
Tags: Earth Day, Environment, United States, White House
US Constitution, Presidential Oath of Office
US Constitution, Presidential Oath of Office, US Capitol, 1787 - Oath
Presidential Oath of Office"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to…
Tags: Elected Office, FDR, Oath, President, United States
US Senate, United States Senate
US Senate, United States Senate, US Senate, None
Oath of Office:"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and…
Tags: Elected Office, Legislature., Oath, United States, US Senate
Society for Human Resource Management, Society for Human Resource Management - President
Society for Human Resource Management, Society for Human Resource Management - President, Society for Human Resource Management, None
President's Oath and Charge of Office "(Officer's name), will you please rise and approach the podium? You have been constitutionally elected…
Tags: Human Resources, Labor, Oath, SHRM, United States
Defense Visual Information Service, Abuhena Saifulislam, First Muslim Chaplain in US Marine Corps
Defense Visual Information Service, Abuhena Saifulislam, First Muslim Chaplain in US Marine Corps, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Year 2014
From Wikipedia: Commander Abuhena Saifulislam is a Bangladeshi-American who is the first Muslim Naval Officer appointed as an imam chaplain serving…
Tags: Chaplain, Imam, Islam, Marine Corps, Navy, United States
Council on Foundations, Council on Foundations
Council on Foundations, Council on Foundations, COF, 1949
The focus of the Council on Foundations is to create an organized pathway for foundations to take advantage of the unique confluence of opportunities…
Tags: Agencies, Council on Foundations, Foundations, Philanthropy, Policy, United States
USEPA, International Climate Partnerships, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
USEPA, International Climate Partnerships, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA, 2019
EPA supports the United States’ international partnerships to address the global challenge of climate change. As a party to the United Nations…
Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Greenhouse Gases, United States
US UNICEF, The US Fund for UNICEF
US UNICEF, The US Fund for UNICEF, UNICEF USA, 1946
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work, and other efforts in support of the world's children, through fundraising, advocacy and education in…
Tags: Child Welfare, Children, UNICEF, United Nations, United States, US Fund
Harris & Ewing, photographer, Tax expert favors incentive taxation, 1942
Harris & Ewing, photographer, Tax expert favors incentive taxation, 1942, Library of Congress, 1942
Lovell Parker after resignation
Tax expert favors incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Lovell Parker, who resigned last year after…
Tags: Business, Incentive Taxation, Lovell Parker, Senate Finance Subcommittee, Taxes, United States
First photo: Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929. Second photo: Carl Mydans., U.S. Taxation, Public Tax Worker Circa 1936-1938
First photo: Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929. Second photo: Carl Mydans., U.S. Taxation, Public Tax Worker Circa 1936-1938, Library of Congress, First photo: 1894. Second photo: 1936
Throughout history, every organized society had some form of government. In free societies, the goals of government have been to protect individual…
Tags: 16th Amendment, Civil War, Income Tax, Public Tax Worker, Revenue, United States
EnergyStar, ENERGY STAR, US Environmental Protection Agency Voluntary Program, 1992-
EnergyStar, ENERGY STAR, US Environmental Protection Agency Voluntary Program, 1992-, EnergyStar, None
More than 80 percent of Americans now recognize the ENERGY STAR label. American families and businesses have saved a total of nearly $230 billion on…
Tags: Clean Air Act, Climate, Energy Star, EPA, United States, Volunteerism
Dersh, Stanley, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1791 United States Bill of Rights - First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Dersh, Stanley, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1791 United States Bill of Rights - First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Library of Congress, 1959
During the First Congress of the United States, after gaining its independence from Britain, twelve amendments to the new constitution were proposed…
Tags: 1791, Bill of Rights, Constitution, First Amendments, Individual Rights, United States
First photo: Contributors - Illman Brothers. Second photo: Publisher - N. Currier, New York, 1776 United States Declaration of Independence
First photo: Contributors - Illman Brothers. Second photo: Publisher - N. Currier, New York, 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, Library of Congress, First photo: 1861 - 1890. Second photo: 1835-1856
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson (1776) and is considered to be the most cherished symbol of liberty of the United…
Tags: Britain, Declaration of Indepndence, John locke, Liberty, Thomas Jefferson, United States
Hayden Hayden, United Service Organizations
Hayden Hayden, United Service Organizations, Pritzker Military Museum and Library, Unknown
World War II era poster of a smiling soldier and nurse. Supporting America’s troops was the first mission of the USO. In 1941, as it became clear that…
Tags: FDR, Military, Posters, Salvation Army, United Service Organization, United States, USO, World War II, WWII, YWCA
Unknown, Boys and Girls Club of America
Unknown, Boys and Girls Club of America, Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana, 1900
The Good Will Club in Hartford, Conn., circa 1900.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (or BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which…
Tags: After-School, BGCA, Boys and Girls Club, Nonprofits, United States, Young People, Youth Organizations
Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Salvation Army
Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Salvation Army, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Aug. 31 2005
A woman evacuee is given food by a Salvation Army volunteer worker as others wait for water and other services.
The Salvation Army is a Christian…
Tags: Africa, Charity, Nonprofits, Religion, Salvation Army, Social Aid, United States, William Booth
Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo library, Catholic Charities, USA
Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo library, Catholic Charities, USA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Aug. 29 2004
Arcadia, FL, August 29, 2004 -- A Catholic Relief Charities volunteer cooks burgers for residents affected by Hurricane Charlie
Catholic Charities…
Tags: Catholic Charities, Charity, Justice, New Orleans, Nonprofits, Religion, Social Service, United States
Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Convoy of Hope
Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Convoy of Hope, Federal Emergency Management Agency, May 9 2005
Convoy of Hope has a cache of baby supplies ready to be shipped to victims of hurricane Katrina.
Convoy of Hope is a nonprofit organization that…
Tags: Baby Supplies, Convoy of Hope, Disaster Relief, Groceries, Health, Missouri, Nonprofits, United States
Save the Children, Save the Children 1932-2012
Save the Children, Save the Children 1932-2012, Save the Children, 2008
Creating lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Quotation from: Save the Children Save…
Tags: Childhood, Children, Health, Public Health, Save the Children, STC, United States
The Nation - First photo Detroit Publishing Company - Second photo, New York Public Library, New York
The Nation - First photo Detroit Publishing Company - Second photo, New York Public Library, New York, Library of Congress, First photo - 2017 Second photo - c. 1908
An early black and white photograph of the New York Public Library, before the famous lion statues were put in place. People and trolleys go back and…
Tags: Andrew Carnegie, Black Culture, New York, New York Public Library, NY, United States
Wisconsin Historical Society, Charles McCarthy, Creator of First Legislative Library
Wisconsin Historical Society, Charles McCarthy, Creator of First Legislative Library, Wisconsin Historical Society, Unknown
A black and white photograph of Charles McCarthy, who created the first legislative library in the United States. Charles McCarthy was appointed to be…
Tags: Charles McCarthy, Law, Legislative Library, United States, Wisconsin
Memoria Press, Boston Latin School
Memoria Press, Boston Latin School, Memoria Press, 1800s
A historic sketch of what the Boston Latin School first looked like, before years of moving and renovation changed it to what it is today. The Boston…
Tags: 17th Century, Boston Latin School, Colonies, Public Education, Schools, United States
Pennsylvania Art WPA, Volunteers Needed at Once!
Pennsylvania Art WPA, Volunteers Needed at Once!, Library of Congress, ca. 1941-43
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead,…
Tags: Democracy, Home Front, Military Front, Nationalism, Posters, United States, World War II
Louis Hirshman & William Tasker, Service on the Home Front
Louis Hirshman & William Tasker, Service on the Home Front, Library of Congress, ca. 1941-43
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good actions; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter, German author World War II posters…
Tags: Democracy, Home Front, Military Front, Nationalism, Posters, United States, World War II
David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers
David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps, 1972
The initial reactions to the Peace Corps proposal are convincing proof that we have, in this country, an immense reservoir of such men and…
Tags: AIDS, Community, Education, Health, JFK, Peace, Peace Corps, United States, Volunteerism
America the Beautiful, America the Beautiful Fund
America the Beautiful, America the Beautiful Fund, America the Beautiful, No date
America the Beautiful Fund is a national non-profit organization started in 1965 to encourage volunteer citizen efforts and to protect the natural and…
Tags: America the Beautiful, Conservation, Environment, Nonprofit, United States, Volunteer
SCOTUS, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor, First Latina Supreme Court Justice
SCOTUS, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Sonia Sotomayor, First Latina Supreme Court Justice, SCOTUS, 2009
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, serving since August 2009. She is the Court's…
Tags: Hispanic, Justice, Obama, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, United States, Women
Bureau of Justice Statistics, The United States Criminal Justice System
Bureau of Justice Statistics, The United States Criminal Justice System, Bureau of Justice Statistics, None
The flowchart of the events in the criminal justice system (shown in the diagram) updates the original chart prepared by the President's Commission on…
Tags: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, United States
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Naval Criminal Investigative Service
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, None
None available
Tags: Felonies, Law Enforcement, Marines, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Navy, NCIS, United States
Synthia Saint James, In Unity, September 11th
Synthia Saint James, In Unity, September 11th, A Day in September, 2002
When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. Chief Edward F.…
Tags: 9/11, FDNY, Fire, Fire Department, New York, NYC, September 11, United States
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Library of Congress, Unknown
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe A song sheet to play the Battle Hymn Of The Republic. One of the most popular…
Tags: Abolition, Civil War, John Brown, Music, Republic, United States