American Institute of the Humanities

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Eugene Bullard (b. 10/9/1895 - d. 10/12/1961) was the first US-born Black fighter pilot. He made it to France on his own. He became an honored member of the French Foreign Legion and one of the few Black combat pilots during WWI. In the US, he was virtually unknown and unhonored.

05/31/2026

On this day in 1921, 300 people died in the Tulsa Black Wall Street Massacre (Greenwood section of Tulsa, OK) most of them Black, at the hands of a White mob. One of the worst racially motivated acts of terrorism in U.S. history, it lasted two days. 100s of people were injured & more than 1000 Black-owned homes + businesses were destroyed.

05/30/2026

Ceramics: Nampeyo (Hopi/Tewa, c. 1860-1942)

05/30/2026

On this day in 70 CE the Siege of Jerusalem was underway, with Titus and the Roman army breaching the Second Wall of the city.

As the defenders retreated further into Jerusalem, the Romans blockaded it by surrounding it with a wooden wall.

05/30/2026

Native Americans at Glacier National Park, Montana c.1910

05/30/2026

Ulfilas converts the Goths to Christianity, the first Germanic “barbarian” people to become Christians.

The Gothic language was still spoken well into the 16th Century by some speakers in the Bosphorus. Tolkien spoke Goth (the oldest Germanic language we have), and even wrote some poetry in the language.

05/27/2026

El Tocado-- the biggest and “most ornate pre-Columbian headdress ever discovered.” It dates from around 1000 CE.

05/27/2026

300-pound rock from ancient Greece with the inscription, "Bophades could lift this over his head."

05/27/2026

Quetzalcoatlus northropi model next to a 1.8m man. The largest known flying animal to ever exist.