Civil Rights Chapters

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.

Susan continues to fight for women's suffrage until she dies aged 86, fourteen years before passage of 19th Amendment in 1920.

This lithograph, by John Childs, depicts “Cinque Addressing his Compatriots.” It is online via the U.S. National Archives, courtesy of the...

South Carolina History Standard 8-5.3 Successes and Failures of Reconstruction in South Carolina

The Dyers meet George Fox, the Quaker leader in England and join his group.

The Dyers meet George Fox, the Quaker leader in England and join his group.

Edward I recommends that John Ballilol becomes king of Scotland because he hopes to divide the country in order to take over.

Edward I recommends that John Ballilol becomes king of Scotland because he hopes to divide the country in order to take over.

This image depicts the artistic impression of Alexandra Wallner as she illustrates an imagined scene from the trial of Susan B. Anthony for “ill...

Robert Newsom continuously rapes his slave, Celia.

This chapter details the early life of Jacobo Timerman.

When JFK becomes president in 1960, he asks his younger brother, Bobby, to become U.S. Attorney General.

Wolfe Tone is a martyr who wants to make Ireland an independent nation.

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