After some research on the internet, I found that the comic strip was printed between May 20th and June 6th 1992. According to the library copy right website since the cartoon was published after March 1st 1989 there might be permission needed in order to use the comic strip. It is also copyrighted and protected for […]
The first topic I chose to research was the establishment of the Library of Congress. On April 24th 1800, President John Adams established the Library of Congress by approving $5,000 to purchase books. In 1801 the first books were shipped over from London and brought to the U.S. Capital. However 12 years later the British came […]
Out of the three topics I chose to focus my research on, I decided to go foreword with researching the public education system in the District of Columbia. My focus for the research topic will be based around the integration of primarily African Americans going to public school along with other ethnic minorities starting in […]
Washington D.C. is a large melting pot of cultures and people of different backgrounds. My first research topic is to explore the reasons of immigration and races that have come to Washington D.C. throughout the years. I want to find out why D.C. is home to so many different nationalities and what is the appeal […]
The initial start of my research began with the search engine JSTOR, accessed through the George Mason University online library. I used the keywords “History of the District Columbia 1989-2013” as my starting point to find different articles about Washington D.C. starting from 1989. A variety of journals, each displaying different topics, were available starting […]
The District of Columbia is filled with history of numerous events that took place within the past couple centuries. I began my primary research on the website for National Archives and Records Administration. The section I went to was the Digital Copies Records Search that has different forms of multimedia such as images of historic […]
