At age 22, Amanda Gorman is the youngest poet to write and recite a verse at a presidential inauguration. Her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” spoke about unity, healing, grief, and hope. President Joe Biden addressed similar themes in his…
Congresswoman Debra Haaland will make US history in 2021. As a member of the Laguna Pueblo, she will be the first Native American in the powerful federal agency. She will oversee the nation’s treaties with native tribes and be in…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorates the work of the civil rights movement. But did you know that one of the movement’s key leaders was a woman named Ella J. Baker? She traveled around the country, convincing people to get involved…
In 1969, New York's Stonewall Inn was the sight of an uprising by members of the gay community in protest of discrimination. Now 50 years later, Stonewall's place in American history has been cemented with its designation as a national…
The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee is celebrating 25 years of chronicling the greatest triumphs and injustices of the Civil Rights Movement. The museum is located on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King…
As a teenager, Glendora Putnam was kicked out of the YWCA because she was black. From that moment on, she vowed to fight injustice. She went to law school and became one of the most prominent lawyers in the country.…