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.
When the lawmakers are the lawbreakers, and a crime is not legally a crime, how can we trust the law?
An important question to ask: When lawmakers say a crime is not a crime, is the action still ethically a crime?
100 years ago, a mother influenced her son to vote "yes" for female suffrage. August 18, 1920 was the day when Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment.
Outnumbered, Wallace and his men defeat Edward's forces and take over Stirling Castle, the most important fortress in Scotland.
This chapter describes the climate of the country under dictatorship.
Wilberforce becomes religious and combines his strong faith with his politics.
The deaths of one black and two white freedom fighters goaded Congress into passing the first voting rights legislation since Reconstruction.
Wallace's trial takes place in London, where Edward can control the outcome of the "trial."
By September of 1297, Wallace isable to amassa substantial army of men willing to fight for Scotland's freedom.
Scotland makes Wallace a Knight andGuardianof the country; however, he keeps that position for about 300 days.
Abandoned at birth Antwone Fisher lives in foster care as a ward of the state of Ohio.
The Warsaw Ghetto is the first step in the Nazi plan for extermination of the Jews.
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