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#InContext: Alice Paul
Women have cast ballots and contributed to the greater American vision as voters for a century. On August 25, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S....
#InContext: John Lewis
On Friday, July 17, 2020, Congressman and Civil Rights Leader John Robert Lewis passed away at the age of 80. In December 2019, he...
#InContext: Scott Harrison
Today, Americans are fueled by checking off to-do lists and chasing an inbox count to zero. While busy schedules are marked by distinct start and...
#InContext: Carol Moseley Braun
As the first African American female U.S. senator elected in 1993, Carol Moseley Braun worked to define herself as “a symbol of hope and change”...
#InContext: Barack Obama
On January 4, 2010, President Barack Obama made a Presidential Proclamation, declaring January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness...
#InContext: King George VI
“It’ll all be over by Christmas.” In 1939, the British Empire held onto this mantra until Christmas day actually came. In September, the...
#InContext: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The hit musical Hamilton is a pop culture sensation that spotlights the Founding Fathers’ early decision for the nation—the good, the bad, and the...
#InContext: Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery just over 200 years ago in February 1818. After escaping in 1838, this former slave would become one of the...
#InContext: Pauli Murray
Unsung heroine of the civil rights movement and lifelong champion of human rights, Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray penned the words to her poem...
#InContext: Mum Bett
In the wake of the Revolutionary War, Patriot demands for “freedom,” “liberty,” and “equality” circulated throughout New England as new state...
#InContext: Karl Marx
Karl Marx sought to reform what he viewed as the most serious problem of his era: the poverty and exploitation of the working class. Through his...