Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
Hines photographs young children working in adult jobs in mills.
Lewis Hines takes pictures of children working in dangerous American mines.
Ireland successfully declares itself free.
Wolfe Tone becomes a political activist to stop British control of Ireland.
8-3.4 Many factors arise to divide a new nation--Federalists and Anti-Federalists
When Italy was totally unified, in 1871, the new country adopted a common language - Italian - which was only spoken by a very small percentage of the...
Jackie Robinson grows up in California where, after youthful troubles, he becomes an expert athlete in football, basketball, baseball and track.
During World War II there is a policy of racial discrimination in the military, but Lt. Jack Robinson decides to challenge that policy.
Jackie Robinson refuses to leave his seat on a bus and subsequently faces a court martial.
This chapter details how Jacaobo first found his voice
This chapter describes Jacobo Timerman's arrest and imprisonment
U.S. Navy psychiatrist Lieutenant Commander Williams is the inspiration for Denzel Washington's character "Jerome Davenport.'
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