amelia kunhardt

Digital media manager / producer @HarvardHBS. Former @PressHerald

[amelia kunhardt @kunhardtphoto]

Honored to create this #video as a companion piece to the @desaimihira case study of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. #education #history #race #civilrights #humanrights #crime #justice

[Harvard Business School @HarvardHBS]

Can historic social injustices be addressed through reparations? Survivors of the Tulsa Massacre and their descendants continue to push the #government to pay reparations. @desaimihira explores the role of #business in responding to racial #injustice: https://t.co/1rwYltZeNY

[NBC10 Boston @NBC10Boston]

A Sail Boston sunrise. Tall ships participating in today’s Sail Boston extravaganza are seen with various stages of this mornings sunrise, starting with a Massachusetts state police helicopter doing a quick scan of the area and then lots of colors. 📸@pictureboston

[Billie Jean King @BillieJeanKing]

This week marks the 65th anniversary of my first Wimbledon title.

Karen Hantze and I were the youngest team to win the Wimbledon women's doubles
title, and we still hold that record today. I was just 17 years old.

Thinking of you, Karen (pictured here)!

#ThrowbackThursday #Wimbledon

[NYC Dept of Records @nycrecords]

Today in 1956 six air-conditioned cars were tested - along with tape-recorded music - on a train running along the I.R.T. line out of Grand Central Station for the very first time #ThisDayInHistory

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Studies now present a striking picture of what happens when private equity firms acquire hospitals and nursing homes: predictable increases in harm and deaths. One landmark study shows: patient deaths up about 11% after such acquisitions.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Excited about the long holiday weekend?

Thank a union.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

LBJ signs Civil Rights Act, today 1964:

[NYC Dept of Records @nycrecords]

Today in 1931 - Prospect Park Bridge, Brooklyn #ThisDayInHistory

Learn more about this photo here: https://t.co/NCuLO9fuRw

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion became known as #Juneteenth, a combination of “June” & “19th." More: https://t.co/bitoMm27sm

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

On this Juneteenth, it is important to acknowledge — both in sadness and in outrage — that the person occupying the position of president of the United States is a white supremacist. https://t.co/A2pj6gmrIK

[NYC Dept of Records @nycrecords]

Congratulations on making NYC history. 🏀

#AlwaysKnicks

[NYC Dept of Records @nycrecords]

Today in 1909 - Manhattan Bridge, looking west from Division Street #ThisDayInHistory

Learn more about this photo here: https://t.co/6xkpebWKy4

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in the U.S. on a boat, in pieces. The Library’s Historic American Engineering Record collection has some amazing photos of Lady Liberty from odd angles, taken in 1984 and 1985 during a major restoration project ahead of her centennial celebration.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

White House, East Wing, Rose Garden, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and South Lawn as they used to look (Encyclopedia Britannica):

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

As the world prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to begin, check out this poster in the Library's collections from the very first World Cup, hosted by Uruguay in 1930!

Learn about the history of the World Cup with this new Library Research Guide: https://t.co/DKYs6SEGiU

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

This weekend, June 6, marks the anniversary of D-Day. Images from the U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photo collection at the Library of Congress show scenes from New York City as Americans learned the news in various ways, including from a news ticker in Times Square.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book” was released 70 years ago today.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Library of Congress has selected 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry, chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s recorded sound history. 🧵 ⬇️
#NatRecRegistry

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

On this day in 1935, FDR signed an executive order creating the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Of 2,000 WPA posters known to exist—publicizing community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs—the Library's collection of more than 900 is the largest.

[ProPublica @propublica]

JUST IN: ProPublica and @CTMirror’s “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.

It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.