Seven years into the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, the reservoir behind the dam began to fill, submerging around 18,000 acres of land in the Colville Reservation.
In conjunction with the premiere of CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, we are spotlighting several of the determined activists who fought for access and equality for all Americans.
In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an outdoor ceremony. Scroll through a gallery of Hanukkah “firsts” at the White House.
