A country's form of government determines whether citizens' voices are magnified or minimized. Government shapes how a country functions and the daily life of its citizens. Understand how the U.S. government and other governments around the world work with our Forms of Government module.
In the last presidential election, less than half of eligible young people voted. Why? After all, countless initiatives have been launched to register and mobilize these voters. School lectures stress the importance of voting. Celebrities swamp social media with urgent pleas. And in some states, there are even drives to lower the voting age. Why […]
Meet young leaders who are fighting for social justice and equity, founding change-making organizations, and fearlessly speaking their truth.
Explore documents about women's suffrage - the struggle’s length, the movement’s techniques, and the variety of arguments for and against giving women the vote, in the period following passage of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for African American men.
Perfect for creators of all ages, this activity book is designed to supplement the KCET and JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center co-produced documentary, "Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience." These activities—designed to be done at home, offline and with materials lying around the house—are inspired by the legacies of the […]
Learn how a civil rights murder in 1964 has inspired a national movement of young people to vote and engage in civic life today with special guests Maxim Thorne (Andrew Goodman Foundation), Nancy Thomas (Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University, and Tamia Fowlkes (campus ambassador for the Goodman Foundation).
This walking tour looks to open the eyes of visitors to the forgotten stories of some of the awesome women buried at our nation's premier military cemetery. We will examine several prominent military pioneers, First Ladies, aviation pioneers, medical pioneers, artists, and the living women that help make Arlington National Cemetery the special place that […]
In both the Richmond Bread Riot of 1863 and the ongoing protests against police brutality, we hear the voice of people who suffer from inequitable systems – in 1863, it was food distribution and inflation; now, it is systemic racism in the law enforcement and criminal justice system. Though not the same, placing the two […]
This exhibition explores voting rights in the Civil War era and the 15th Amendment.
This virtual field trip to Ft. Monroe helps unpack controversy and examine how we remember and commemorate the past.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an investigative journalist, civil-rights activist, and suffragist. Wells gained national recognition for her journalistic investigations of lynching in the American south. She eventually moved to Chicago due to increasing threats and the eventual destruction of her newspaper, the Free Speech. In Chicago, she continued her activism despite racial and sexist prejudice, […]
Join The Andrew Goodman Foundation for Rise Up Weekend: We Organize, We Vote, We Lead on June 25 from 12-5 p.m. ET! With expert and celebrity speakers to engage participants in the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and the movement of young leaders today, Rise Up Weekend is going to be the event of […]