It’s hard to believe that women have had the right to vote in the U.S. for less than a century. For many decades before the 19th Amendment was finally ratified in 1920, women worked tirelessly to win this essential part of citizenship.
Have you ever heard of Juneteenth? On June 19, 1865, almost two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, word finally reached Texas that the Civil War was over and that any slaves were free. Learn more about this celebration of freedom.
This site highlights major achievements in President Kennedy’s expansion of the space program. Learn more about the “space race” between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as access historic speeches online.
This article describes the chain of events that led to the 1969 Supreme Court decision that protected students’ right to free speech.
Historian Camilla Townsend dispels some of the myths about Pocahontas.
In this biography of Abigail Adams, you’ll learn how she helped shape the role of First Lady of the United States.
Read this article to learn what collective reparations are. Watch the video to see how one village in Colombia was affected by war and how the program will help them restore their community.
Read the descriptions and listen to the clips of protest songs from American history.
Read or listen to this account of Abraham Lincoln’s mindset leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. View the artwork depicting the event at the bottom of article.
Read about the historic Plessy v. Ferguson court decision and about how the two namesakes’ ancestors have joined together to form a foundation that seeks to educate the public about the importance of the case.
