Re-examining the Iwo Jima flag-raising

Plus: Civil rights and Linda Ronstadt |

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. SUBSCRIBE to TIME Magazine February 27, 2020 By Lily Rothman Last weekend marked the 75th anniversary of the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima, memorialized by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in what would become one of American history's most famous pictures. To mark the anniversary, professors Matthew Pressman and James J. Kimble took a look at the message that image sent Americans in 1945. As they write for TIME.com, Americans were ready to embrace an image that appeared to herald World War II victory—but it wasn't long before U.S. officials had to walk back those expectations. Click here to read more. Here's more of the history that made news this week: HISTORY ON TIME.COM Land Deed Sheds Light on an Early American Anti-Slavery Effort The 1794 document, expected to sell for up to $350,000 at auction, also has a link to Alexander Hamilton Joyce Ladner Used Her Stories to Help the Civil Rights Movement There's an activist in all of us if you tap into it,' says civil rights activist Joyce Ladner Remembering Hidden Figures Hero Katherine Johnson Katherine Johnson, who died Monday at 101, was one of the so-called 'computers' who solved equations by hand during NASA's early years, calculating rocket trajectories and earth orbits The Enduring Mystery of Malcolm X’s Assassination Fifty-five years after Malcolm X was assassinated at age 39, what happened that day has remained the subject of debate Where Trump's Parasite Attack Fits in Hollywood History An earlier effort to be more inclusive ended up making the Oscars, in some ways, just the opposite FROM THE TIME VAULT Today in 1995: ‘For Better, For Worse’ “If this new marital gravitas were simply a church-based phenomenon, it would not be a phenomenon at all; the clergy has traditionally attempted to shore up the moral foundations of people's private lives. But a growing recognition that marriages are not to be entered into—or dissolved—lightly because of the enormous social and economic costs is dawning in some unlikely places and crossing political lines.” (Feb. 27, 1995) Read the full story Today in 1978: Ali Defeated “A pause, a breath in that utter stillness and then: ‘The new Heavyweight Champion of the World, Leon Spinks!’ All but the first two words were lost in the roar of the crowd, that unmistakable, primordial voice of a fight crowd hailing a new king of the most basic sport. But the silence before the verdict had spoken too, for it anticipated the passing of a giant, a unique athlete whose skills and life had resonances far beyond the ring.” (Feb. 27, 1978) Read the full story This Week in 1977: Linda Ronstadt “Male rockers continue to rule. Joni Mitchell is the most stylish of the women singers to appear in the past decade, but her music is too cerebral for her to compete in drawing power with the cockerel crowing of the men. Somewhat to her own surprise, it is Linda Ronstadt who has made herself one of the biggest individual rock draws in the world." (Feb. 28, 1977) Read the full story HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WEB Treasure Trove At Smithsonian, Katherine J. Wu shares the exciting news that the Smithsonian Institution has just released 2.8 million public domain images from its collections into a free online database. Who Remembers With the recent death of one of the last surviving New Mexican veterans of the Bataan Death March, Robert Nott at the Santa Fe New Mexican looks at how the memories of that moment are being kept alive. What Lies Beneath Britain’s House of Commons is being renovated, and Brian Wheeler at the BBC has the story of a fun discovery that’s been made along the way: a centuries-old secret passageway! In the Wreckage Emily Sweeney at the Boston Globe looks into a brewing dispute over a plan to retrieve the telegraph machine from the wreck of the Titanic. Equal Time For the New York Times, Jennifer Schuessler examines what new documents reveal about the “the New Jersey exception”—the fact that, for the first few decades after the American revolution, the state gave women the right to vote. To Unsubscribe Unsubscribe here if you do not want to receive this newsletter. Update Email Click here to update your email address. Privacy Policy Please read our Privacy Policy. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. For Further Communication Please email history@time.com TIME USA, LLC 3 Bryant Park New York, NY 10036 Connect with TIME Find TIME on Facebook Follow TIME on Twitter Subscribe to more TIME Newsletters Get TIME on your Mobile Device Get TIME on your iPad Subscribe to RSS Feed