"Of Course He Votes the Democratic Ticket" (1876)
A political cartoon by Thomas Nast from Harper’s Weekly depicts the intimidation techniques that the Democratic Party used to suppress the votes of Black Southerners in the election of 1876.
![This cartoon depicts the intimidation techniques that the Democratic Party used to suppress southern black votes in the election of 1876.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_1876_OfCourseHeVotesDemocraticTicket_FH140924.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=yGulA3CJ)
"Of Course He Votes the Democratic Ticket” (en español)
Wood engraving by Thomas Nast from Harper’s Weekly (1876)
![This cartoon depicts the intimidation techniques that the Democratic Party used to suppress southern black votes in the election of 1876.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_1876_OfCourseHeVotesDemocraticTicket_FH140924.jpg?h=048697cd&itok=yGulA3CJ)
Apartheid Resistance Posters
These posters represent six distinct aspects of the anti-apartheid movement's struggle for democracy in South Africa during the 1980s.
![Poster advertising a rally in Capetown contains an illustration of people marching carrying a "UDF" flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/UDF_Unites_-_Apartheid_Divides.jpg?h=2b832867&itok=CtZS0cnT)
Reverend Frank McRae
Learn about Reverend Frank McRae, the minister of St. John's United Methodist Church from 1976 to 1995.
![Reverend Frank McRae featured on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on the side of a brick building in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/RevFrankMcrae_FH249671.jpg?h=78aec65c&itok=frZt71LM)
Yellow Fever Upstanders
Learn about the ordinary citizens who volunteered to fight the yellow fever outbreak in 1878.
![Three nuns are featured on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick building in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/YellowFeverUpstanders_FH249659.jpg?h=cd7d7283&itok=MOKc8y-G)
Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles
Learn about Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles, founder and pastor of Monumental Baptist Church and Civil Rights activist.
![Reverend Billy Kyles is featured on the Memphis Upstanders Mural, a painting on a brick building in Memphis, TN.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/RevBillyKyles_FH249667.jpg?h=0d92313b&itok=aQoAm7xH)
We Need a New American Founding
Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.” This reading is available in Spanish.
![The image of late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is projected on the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/John_Lewis_Projected_Lee_Monument_Richmond_2020_FH2133438.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=0SZs7dfW)
We Need a New American Founding (en español)
In Spanish, Scholar Eddie S. Glaude draws from the history of Reconstruction and the the Civil Rights movement to call for a “new American founding.”
![The image of late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is projected on the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/John_Lewis_Projected_Lee_Monument_Richmond_2020_FH2133438.jpg?h=31c0c765&itok=0SZs7dfW)
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience Part One - Gold Mountain Dreams
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The first of a 3-part series explores the early years of Chinese immigration to the U.S.
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The Battle of Cable Street
Explore images from the Battle of Cable Street of 1936, when thousands in East London stood in solidarity against Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.
![Crowd of demonstrators on a London street.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/DPAWA2_Medium_res.jpg?h=b47cd95b&itok=_yM3J0yH)
Global Migration
Use these photographs of global migration to help students explore the experiences of individuals and groups who choose or are forced to leave their homelands.
![Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey via the Orontes River, near the village of Hacipasa, Turkey, Dec. 8, 2012. This image was one in a series of 20 by AP photographers that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/2013_SyrianRefugeesontheOrontesRiver_FH248167.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=Gx3XIq0Q)