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Barbara Henry: Teaching Ruby Bridges

Hidden Figures

In the 1960s, Black schoolgirl Ruby Bridges and White teacher Barbara Henry showed America the true power of racial integration in the...

Joseph Henry Douglass: Changing America With Music

America Explained

Classical violinist Joseph Henry Douglass helped empower the Black community through music and education at a time when Southern lawmakers were pushing back against the progress of...

Wong Kim Ark’s Fight for Birthright Citizenship

Composite Nation

By taking on the US government and winning, Wong Kim Ark ensured that the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution granted citizenship to every American by birth, regardless of their race or...

Frederick Douglass’ Composite Nation

Composite Nation

Abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass believed that the U.S. could become the greatest nation in history – if it accepted the defining principles set out in his speech, Composite...

Black Soldiers and the Fight for Citizenship

America Explained

For those enslaved, it was the perpetrator of countless horrors. So why did almost 200,000 African-Americans put their lives on the line to preserve the United...
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