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Defining Race
Consider the consequences of who defines race through reflections from individuals who have struggled with the US government's legal definition of their race.
“Emancipation” (1865)
Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States.
The "In" Group
High school student Eve Shalen reflects back on a time in middle school when peer pressure and desire for belonging influenced her decision-making.
Defining Freedom: Facilitating a Conversation About the Reconstruction Era
In this classroom video, a high school history teacher leads a classroom discussion that explores the meaning of freedom to formerly enslaved people during the Reconstruction era.
Little Things Are Big
Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón describes a time when his awareness of stereotypes influenced his decision-making.
"Kristallnacht": The November 1938 Pogroms
Scholars discuss the events of Kristallnacht, a series of violent attacks against Jews in Germany, Austria, and part of Czechoslovakia in November, 1938.
South African Scooter Drivers Union
Spurred by the strikes in Durban in 1973, the formation of trade unions, like the South African Scooter Drivers Union in Johannesburg (1984), provided labor protection to black South Africans.
Sughar Women Empowerment Project
Women hold embroidery they created with the Sughar Foundation, an organization that provides Pakistani women with opportunities for socioeconomic empowerment.
Support the Consumer Boycott
Designed in 1985, this UDF poster, is the first from a set of five that were produced to highlight the demands of a consumer boycott in the Western Cape.
The National Coal Strikes: The Miner Emerges
Artist Boardman Robinson drew ‘The Miner Emerges’ in response to the National Coal Strikes in 1912 in the United Kingdom and the United States.
United Nations Founding Members
On June 26, 1945, 50 nations signed a charter to create the United Nations in order to promote international cooperation and human rights.