Explore “A Seat at the Table” Exhibition
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate , United StatesBe inspired by the life and career of Shirley Chisholm and create a work of art that represents your seat at the table.
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Be inspired by the life and career of Shirley Chisholm and create a work of art that represents your seat at the table.
Explore objects and archival materials that feature more than 150 years of Presidential history with a Western Pennsylvania connection.
This is the live launch of the Educating for American Democracy initiative.
The intuitive and easy-to-use Citizen You mobile app is designed to foster civic engagement by gamifying everyday civic actions. The FREE app helps bring together citizens of all ages to compete in challenges and earn points for a variety of civic-minded activities including attending local council meetings, helping a neighbor in need, and (most importantly) […]
After the 15th Amendment banned voter discrimination, Southern states still barred most African Americans from the polls. Women campaigned until 1920 for their right to participate in elections—they continue to fight for equal pay. Various groups have battled against ethnic and religious discrimination in the military, schools, and public accommodations.
This is a selection of photographs from the Photographic History Collection related to activism, protests, marches, and reform movements.
This is an assortment of photographs from the Photographic History Collection of photographs and photographic objects that include an American flag.
Are there limits to the types of speech we protect? What happens when a publication threatens national security? How do we keep the practice of one religion from impinging on the rights of others? Americans have debated the boundaries of their First Amendment rights since those rights were delineated in the Constitution.
Imagine radical visions into reality. The 2020 Awakening featured more than 100 billboards by over 85 artists in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Use this resource to explore one Japanese American family's experience of incarceration during World War II. Utilizing artifacts donated to JANM by the Gihachi Yamashita family, this resource includes an Issei’s reflections while separated from his family along with correspondence between him and his wife and daughters as they reached out to each other through […]
If you had to edit the Declaration of Independence, could you? Would you search for formatting and grammatical errors or would you focus on the content? Maybe you would do both. Of course, once you edit it, you have to give it back to the writer. Are you ready to deal with an angry author?
Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America by Deborah Diesen rhythmically takes you on a journey to the founding of our nation and the establishment of one of our core rights as Americans, the right to vote. Follow the history of how that right has changed over time.