Colson Whitehead Authors That Changed AmericaThe first author to win the Pulitzer Prize for two consecutive novels, Colson Whitehead is one of the United States’ most versatile...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Antislavery Activist Women and the American StoryThe first Black newspaper editor in the history of the United States, Mary Ann Shadd Cary spoke out to champion the cause of freedom in an era when the voices of African Americans were rarely...
Thomas Garrett and the Underground Railroad Hidden FiguresBy day he worked as an iron merchant – but by night, Thomas Garrett helped thousands escape slavery as a station master on the Underground...
Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy Things You Didn't KnowShe’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army...
Women of the Civil War America ExplainedWomen weren’t just spectators of the American Civil War – they played a vital role in the home, the workplace, the battlefield and...
