Explore how artists and activists push for social change! In 1907, the Artists' Suffrage League galvanized to create banners, posters, postcards, and cartoons to provide a visual identity for the suffrage movement. More than one hundred years after the 19th Amendment was passed, artists, political organizers, and activists continue to work together in the push […]
Read a new book this Civic Season! We recommend "History, Disrupted: How Social Media & the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past." It's a book about how social media has shaped what we know about history, and the consequences of consuming information about history online.
Cecelia Larrison is one of many people who liberated themselves from slavery long before the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1846, at age 15, while on a trip to Niagara Falls with her enslavers, the Thruston family of Louisville, Kentucky, Cecelia slipped away and crossed the border into Canada. Throughout her years as a […]
In this article, meet two women fighting for the right for people with disabilities -- including themselves -- to self-determination. In other words, for the right to decide how they will live and the resources needed, instead of these decisions being made by others. While there have been improvements, this fight continues today. America250 is […]
Explore photography as a catalyst for social change. As the first guest editor in Aperture magazine’s 64-year history, Sarah Lewis defined the relationship between what we see (vision) and what we fix (justice) in the landmark 2016 “Vision & Justice” issue. By turning the pages of the magazine into a primary source for exploring visual […]
Celebrate Juneteenth and Broadway star Anika Noni Rose! The Amistad Center for Art & Culture invites you to its 31st annual Juneteenth celebration—one of the first and longest-running Juneteenth events in Connecticut. An outdoor family day on Saturday, June 11, noon - 4 p.m., and city-wide celebration with special guest performances on Sunday, June 19, […]
Sailors often got creative while at sea for long periods of time. Get up close to some of the artwork found on our ship, discover how symbols and paint schemes make planes unique, and learn about other ways sailors expressed themselves through art-making activities and storytelling!
Join the National Archives Foundation on June 12th as we kick off Civic Season 2022. What better place to learn about our shared history than the National Archives, home of America’s founding documents? Celebrate outside with giveaways, games, and of course, a chance to see history up close!
Join the National Archives Foundation on June 12th as we kick off Civic Season 2022. What better place to learn about our shared history than the National Archives, home of America’s founding documents? Celebrate outside with giveaways, games, and of course, a chance to see history up close!
The National AIDS Memorial will mark the 35th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt with an historic outdoor display in Golden Gate Park that will feature nearly 3,000 hand-stitched panels of the Quilt. An opening ceremony and traditional Quilt unfolding will start at 9:30 am on the 11th, followed by the continuous reading of names […]
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. This date commemorates the adoption of the US flag on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. Join the Chicago History Museum for an afternoon of flag-related activities. The event begins with a panel discussion, moderated by author and Chicago Sun-Times […]
AN AFTERNOON OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, 1-5 p.m.: Programs designed for teens and young adults will feature art, live music and performances by spoken-word artists from Teens With Purpose (TWP)-The Youth Movement and singers from the I Am Me Initiative Foundation. Free themed “paint-and-take” workshops for teens and young adults led […]