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De Beers Diamond Mine, ca. 1885
In 1887 and 1888, Cecil Rhodes consolidated a number of individual diamond mine claims around Kimberley to form a single company called De Beers Consolidated Mines.
Demonstrations Against Xenophobia in Cape Town
Groups of people hold banners and chant slogans during an anti-xenophobia demonstration in Khayelitsha region of Cape Town, South Africa on April 27, 2015 as a reaction to widespread anti-foreigner protests and violence.
Student Activities: A New Generation of Young Voters Emerges
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These student-facing slides help students explore why young people tend to vote at lower rates and how they can get more involved in elections.
Challenging Racist Assumptions
This reading contains an excerpt of Horace Mann Bond's response to the racist ideas put forward in Carl Brigham’s A Study of American Intelligence.
Identity and Belonging (UK)
Author Sarfraz Manzoor writes about the experiences that shaped his understanding of what it means to be British and what it means to belong.
Finding One's Voice
Julius Lester describes finding his identity in an unexpected place as an African American teenager living in the segregated South.
Finding One's Voice (en español)
In Spanish, Julius Lester describes finding his identity in an unexpected place as an African American teenager living in the segregated South.
Quote from Rosemary Bray (en español)
Author Rosemary Bray reflects on the tensions in the founding documents. This resource is in Spanish.
Somali Drought
A Somali soldier provides security as newly displaced Somalis gather at a camp in the Garasbaley area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, March 28, 2017.
South African President P. W. Botha
South African President Pieter Willem Botha speaks to the National Party in Durban, South Africa, 1986.