Celebrate young voters and the activists working to expand their rights with this communications toolkit created by the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition’s 26th Amendment Working Group!This toolkit helps participants take part in a campaign that will be taking place over the next six months, highlighting a different student activist each week.
The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated comparisons to previous episodes from history. As images, video clips, and news reports filled social media feeds, they invited comparisons to previous historical events and inquiries about connections to the past. Many of […]
Read this oral history interview with Jazz Master, Buddy DeFranco.
This article examines how the 19th Amendment, which granted women suffrage, has evolved over the past 100 years.
Teenagers have always played a role in shaping history - before there was Greta Thunberg or Zy Bryant, there was Barbara Johns. Visit this virtual tour of the Moton Museum and learn how a 15 year old girl led a student walkout before Rosa Parks gave up her seat on a bus, and helped change […]
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 […]
Presidential inaugurations are meaningful moments in our country’s political history. When a new president is elected in the fall, Americans watch on Inauguration Day as power transitions from one elected leader to another. Artifacts and documents in the Heinz History Center's collection offer a glimpse into this special day.
DICCE Resource Guides are short guides to help you understand different backgrounds, unlearn and relearn history and pursue equity.
Read this interview with Jazz Master, David N. Baker.
Preparing for the Oath is an easy-to-use study guide for the civics portion of the 2008 U.S. Naturalization Test. Here, you can learn about U.S. history and government and practice for the test.
On view outdoors in New-York Historical’s rear courtyard, this exhibition explores the gay and lesbian community that flourished during the 1950s in Cherry Grove through some 70 enlarged photographs and additional ephemera from the unique holdings of the Cherry Grove Archives Collection.
Believe it or not, events from before 1900 still have a tremendous impact on modern society. Dive into how events before 1900 continue to shape today's world with our module, “Prelude to a Global Era".