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On The Declaration of Sentiments
At Seneca Falls in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton did something both simple and audacious: she took the cadence of the Declaration of Independence and turned it to a new purpose.
On The Declaration of Sentiments
At Seneca Falls in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton did something both simple and audacious: she took the cadence of the Declaration of Independence and turned it to a new purpose.
On The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk may be the most important American book of its century, and it is also one of the most beautiful. Published in 1903, W. E. B.
On The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk may be the most important American book of its century, and it is also one of the most beautiful. Published in 1903, W. E. B.
On Southern Horrors and The Red Record
Ida B. Wells turned journalism into a weapon against terror when almost no one else would name the crime.
On Southern Horrors and The Red Record
Ida B. Wells turned journalism into a weapon against terror when almost no one else would name the crime.
On Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery is the other pole of the era's great argument, and it should be read against Du Bois, not instead of him. Booker T.
On Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery is the other pole of the era's great argument, and it should be read against Du Bois, not instead of him. Booker T.
On The Speeches of Susan B. Anthony
Is it a crime for a citizen of the United States to vote? Susan B.
On The Speeches of Susan B. Anthony
Is it a crime for a citizen of the United States to vote? Susan B.
On Hind Swaraj and Selected Writings
This is where nonviolent resistance became a method rather than a mood.
On Hind Swaraj and Selected Writings
This is where nonviolent resistance became a method rather than a mood.