American Oz |
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L. Frank Baum’s long and winding road to Oz, and the Chicago World’s Fair that inspired his life’s work.
American Oz |
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The life and times of L. Frank Baum, creator of the beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard |
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Black parents and children in Clarendon County, South Carolina risked everything to destroy legalized segregation.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard |
Article
Remembering the WWII veteran beyond the vicious racist attack that blinded him.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard |
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Before Brown v. Board of Education , there was Briggs v. Elliot —the case that launched Thurgood Marshall’s fight to end segregation in America’s schools.
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History is alive. We are still living it. Let’s talk about it.
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In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.
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The 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
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Explore films, interviews, articles, image galleries and more for an in-depth look at notable female figures in American history.
The Vote |
Interactive
Celebrate the strategies and tactics of the movement in a new interactive experience.
Film
Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.