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Hamilton Education Program

The Broadway musical has not only found traditional success on stage but in education as well with a high school program designed by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Thor alter-ego Donald Blake travels to the war-torn nation of San Diablo as a volunteer doctor to help the sick, similar to the tens-of-thousands of young Americans who joined the Peace Corps.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow and his superhero counterpart Green Lantern assist a tribe of Native Americans involved in a lumber dispute in the Pacific Northwest that mirrored actual events in the region.

Comic Books and the Real World

Superman and the New Deal

Superman was created during the Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, protecting the “forgotten man” not from supervillains but everyday criminals of the times.