Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus
Source: NPR
Meet Claudette Colvin, the teenager who inspired Rosa Parks.
Historic Figures
America’s First Me Generation
Source: Salon
In this book review, Laura Miller draws connections between the Transcendentalists of the 19th century and individualist movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
Abigail Adams, Founding Mother
Source: The New York Times
In this review of Woody Holton’s book Abigail Adams, we learn more about the First Lady who often reminded her husband to “remember the ladies.” Although the changes of her time had yet to extend to women, Abigail Adams was standing up for her own and other women’s rights.
Edith Wharton’s World
Source: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
In this brief biography, guest curators Eleanor Dwight and
Viola Hopkins Winner share details of the life of Edith Wharton.
Frederick Douglass On How Slave Owners Used Food As A Weapon Of Control
Source: NPR
This article examines some of Frederick Douglass’s writings in which he describes how slave owners made use of food (and hunger) as a way of manipulating their slaves.
Anne Frank Who? Museums Combat Ignorance About the Holocaust
Source: The New York Times
Will Anne Frank ever be forgotten? As the Holocaust fades further into history, some historians are working to make sure that future generations don’t get the facts wrong or lose sight of its importance.
Martin Luther King Jr.: Nobel Lecture
Source: Nobel Prize
In 1964, Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts toward equal rights for all. Read the speech he gave the day after accepting this honor.
Selma to Montgomery March
Source: HISTORY
Watch a video on, and read about, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches.
Marie Curie
Source: ThoughtCo.
Learn about the hardships and decisions made by one of the most Important scientists of the 20th century.
Cesar Chavez
Source: Biography
Labor organizer Cesar Chavez was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to improve working and living conditions for migrant farm workers. Learn how he found the courage to speak out, organize a farm workers’ union, and lead nonviolent marches and boycotts of California table grape growers.