The story of human and civil rights would not be completed without discussion of the on-going struggle for LGBTQ rights. Therefore, The LGBTQ Institute at The Center was established. The […]
Meet young leaders who are fighting for social justice and equity, founding change-making organizations, and fearlessly speaking their truth.
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 […]
This virtual field trip to Ft. Monroe helps unpack controversy and examine how we remember and commemorate the past.
This exhibition explores voting rights in the Civil War era and the 15th Amendment.
National Week of Conversation 2021 invites Americans of all stripes to listen, extend grace, and discover common interests. Find conversations near you, virtually or in person, and explore topics with […]
Initiative 13, sponsored by Save Our Moral Ethics, sought to repeal Seattle’s ordinances protecting gay and lesbian employment and housing rights and to abolish the Office of Women’s Rights. The […]
Power is like a language: the better we can understand, interpret, and “read” how power works, the better mastery we achieve. If we think of it this way, “fluency” in […]
Check out the Illinois State Museum’s new website In Her Footsteps: Women’s History Trail to explore the lives of 13 extraordinary Illinois women with an interactive map showing Illinois landmarks […]
The Heinz History Center’s past exhibition, Smithsonian’s Portraits of Pittsburgh: Works from the National Portrait Gallery, reminded us of the remarkable national impact of people whose lives have intersected with […]
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 […]
This site features four exhibits: Aboard the USS Intrepid; Concorde. A Supersonic Story; On Liberty, Intrepid's Ports of Call During the Vietnam War; and Navy Cakes. The exhibits feature 360 […]