When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
This image depicts the second page of Alexander Graham Bell's December 8, 1918 letter to his wife. Note how he signs his name: "Alec." Cl...
After Bessie Coleman successfully completed her flight training, and was awarded her pilot's license in France, Robert Abbott published stories about ...
Back in the day when American newspapers cost a nickel, and the price of Southern cotton was still noted at the top of the front page, Bobby Jones had...
Image of a map of Italy, depicting the location of Bologna.
This image is the second page of Booker T. Washington's appeal to preserve the home of Frederick Douglass - called "Cedar Hill" - located in the Anaco...
Booker T. Washington, another famous African-American, wanted to preserve the home of Frederick Douglass so it could honor the man and commemorate his...
This image depicts a mutiny aboard La Amistad, led by a kidnapped African named Sengbe (also spelled Singweh and/or Cinqué) Pieh. &nb...
Excerpt from a catalog advertising goods used in the slave trade.
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears. Amazon provides an overview of this acclaimed book: Sears describes the series of cont...
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was intended to provide protection for African-Americans. The United States Supreme Court, however, found it to be ...
During World War I, 1st Lt. Charles Tribbet - an African-American officer - took a train from New York to Ft. Sill. "Jim Crow" laws required him...
This poem (noted in the document as "Lines") celebrates the life of the much-loved Confederate Lt. General Thomas J. ("Stonewall") Jackson. His ...
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