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LGBT Pride Month - Civil Rights
Some famous people in LGBT history Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month is observed every June in the United States and in several other countries. Learn about famous firsts by gay…The U.S. Civil Rights Timeline Quiz
The U.S. Civil Rights Movement was a pivotal time in American history, marked by significant legal and social changes. This quiz will test your knowledge of the timeline of events that led to the…The Gay Rights Movement of the 20th Century
Source: Excerpted from The Reader's Companion to American History. Copyright © 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Late in the [19th] century, as large cities allowed for greater anonymity, as wage…Baker, Ella Josephine
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ella Josephine, 1903–1986, U.S. civil rights activist, b. Norfolk, Va. Ella Baker was an activist and organizer whose…Justice Overdue: Civil Rights Cases Reopened
Unpunished crimes revisited after decades of neglect FBI photographs of slain civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, and Michael Schwerner Related Links Black History Month…Speech on Civil Rights
by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Speech given in the House of Representatives Mr. Speaker, the United States Congress is a 19th century body in a 20th century world. In the field of civil rights…civil disobedience
(Encyclopedia) civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobedience usual base their actions on moral right and employ the…The Pivot of Civilization: A New Truth Emerges
Introduction Conscripted Motherhood A New Truth Emerges Be not ashamed, women, your privilege encloses the rest, and is the exit of the rest, You are the gates of…The Pivot of Civilization: A New Truth Emerges
by Margaret Sanger IntroductionConscripted MotherhoodA New Truth Emerges Be not ashamed, women, your privilege encloses the rest, and is the exit of the rest, You are the…Parks, Rosa Louise
(Encyclopedia) Parks, Rosa Louise, 1913–2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala., as Rosa Louise McCauley. A seamstress and long-time activist-member of the Montgomery, Ala., chapter…