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… Bartolomé de las Casas, sickened by the exploitation and physical degradation of the indigenous peoples in the … Spanish colonies of the Caribbean, gave up his extensive land holdings and slaves and traveled to his homeland in Spain in 1515 to … South & Central America …

… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of … trade” in pursuit of vast profits. China lost the battle and opium continued to flow. But by the First World War … When the League of Nations came into being in 1920, nations and empires began to prioritize anti-drug trafficking laws …

… an exciting new collaboration that marries photographs and words to bring Black history to life. Picturing Black … Images Dawn Chitty, (Ed.D.) | Director of Education at the African American Civil War Museum Daniela Edmeier … History James Morgan | Programming Consultant with the African American Civil War Museum …

… the Charleston harbor, past Confederate fortifications, and to the Union fleet blockading the city. The architect of … of the 19th century. Smalls was born enslaved in Beaufort, South Carolina at 511 Prince Street in 1839. His mother was … undermine Reconstruction and the political power of African Americans. Unable to overcome entrenched Republican …

… as a flood of states passed their own suffrage amendments and World War I loomed. However, not all women were … Today, we discuss the heyday of the suffrage movement and the women who opposed their own enfranchisement.  … moral superiority, many white women, particularly in the south, were worried that providing all women the right to …

… laws in the U.S. have disproportionately affected the African American community. Students will be introduced to … before moving into a short lecture on the origins and history of these laws in the U.S. after the Civil War … disenfranchisement and its disproportionate effects on African Americans. To wrap up the lesson, students will …

… "Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white kids came down and saved the day." -Julian Bond Thus goes the traditional narrative of the African American civil rights movement.  As most school … King inspired Northern white liberal college kids, who went South and participated in grassroots organizing, and by the …

… the nineteenth centuries, the labor of millions of enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political rulers in Europe, West Africa, and Atlantic societies. Simultaneously, formerly … Review of Reparations for Slavery and The Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History …

… This year, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice—the nation’s first memorial to the over 4,000 African American victims of lynching—opened in Montgomery, … anther? What messages do these differing monuments send? And what’s at stake in the battle over them? On this episode …

… This lesson plan studies the history of African-American disenfranchisement in the United States. … was common before the Civil War. Following the 13th and 14th Amendments, states enacted poll taxes and other measures to attempt to suppress African-American votes.  The article explores how voting …

… 100th birthday party of retiring Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina: "I want to say this about my state: When … ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had of followed our lead, we … as the first U.S. senator from the South who hired an African American to serve on his senatorial staff.   But …

… In the last year, tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, a false nuclear missile alert in Hawaii, and debates over the Iran nuclear deal have renewed public attention to the development of nuclear weapons and armament and the potential for war. But from the Cold …

… was at the forefront of the movement to abolish slavery and to protect Black rights during Reconstruction, then why, for the past 50 years, have African Americans consistently voted at an 80% or higher … African American History …

… of the goals of many Black Americans.  Students will read and evaluate modern source materials, explore the achievements of African Americans in the past 45 years, and view a groundbreaking speech on race given by our first … African American History …

… the case of four police officers charged in the beating of African American motorist Rodney King on April 29, 1992, Los … production by Hannah Keller, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger. Learn more about the L.A. Riots: Abu-Lughod, Janet L.  Race, Space, and Riots in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles  (New York: …

… Military. Executive Order 9981 required “equal treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services … of Truman’s Presidency but also a landmark victory for African American activists and Civil Rights leaders who had … The controversial order led to an intraparty split and Southern Democrats, called Dixiecrats, vowed to oppose …

… Europeans had many different interactions with penguins, and these shaped how they understood what the birds were. Sailors and scientists alike brought back accounts of the strange … which were only slowly understood to be unique to the South. Featuring Ellen Arnold, an environmental historian …