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Helen Keller was a social activist and suffragist, lending her name to the labor movement and the women's movement. "This inferiority of woman is man-made," she said in a speech in 1916.

Alexander Graham Bell encouraged Helen Keller to practice oralism, where deaf people communicate through speech and lip-reading instead of sign language. "Oralism in general, I think, has a very oppressive quality to it, because what oralism is predicated on is the idea that the only ...

Alexander Graham Bell encouraged Helen Keller to practice oralism, where deaf people communicate through speech and lip-reading instead of sign language. "Oralism in general, I think, has a very oppressive quality to it, because what oralism is predicated on is the idea that the only ...

Go behind the scenes of Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It to learn how Rita Moreno is a quintessential American success story.

Celebrate the incredible impact Latinos have made in Hollywood — past, present and future, with a focus on the new wave of talent that is blazing their own trail in the industry. Featuring prominent Latinx voices in film and television, this special captures the candid ...

Born into slavery, Swann was the first known person to identify as a “Queen of Drag” and the first known American activist to lead a queer resistance group.

Rita Moreno has won all four of the most prestigious awards in show business: an Oscar, a Tony, two Emmys, and a Grammy. Her countless credits span more than seven decades, beginning with her Broadway debut at age 13. Moreno received the Peabody Career Achievement Award ...

1. Singin' in the Rain (1952) Well-known for her Oscar-winning portrayal of Anita in "West Side Story" (1961), Rita Moreno had her “big break” in the golden-age musical "Singin’ in the Rain." Alongside Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in the starring roles, Moreno played glamorous ...

A proud Black trans woman, a drag mother and, a pageant girl, Crystal LaBeija was the cause of an iconic moment in drag history that paved the way for house culture, voguing, Paris is Burning, and the TV series Pose.

When award-winning actress Rita Moreno first saw herself on screen, she was disappointed. “It’s just that I had these funny notions of how you’re supposed to look when you’re in the movies,” she said, comparing her Puerto Rican self to people like Elizabeth Taylor. “Guess ...