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The Declaration of Sentiments, a Reading Room essay

On The Declaration of Sentiments

Michael Fowler

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

Michael Fowler

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.

The Souls of Black Folk, a Reading Room essay

On The Souls of Black Folk

Michael Fowler

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

Michael Fowler

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.

Southern Horrors and The Red Record, a Reading Room essay

On Southern Horrors and The Red Record

Michael Fowler

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

Michael Fowler

Ida B. Wells turned journalism into a weapon against terror when almost no one else would name the crime.

Up From Slavery, a Reading Room essay

On Up From Slavery

Michael Fowler

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

Michael Fowler

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.

The Speeches of Susan B. Anthony, a Reading Room essay

On The Speeches of Susan B. Anthony

Michael Fowler

Is it a crime for a citizen of the United States to vote? Susan B.

On The Speeches of Susan B. Anthony

Michael Fowler

Is it a crime for a citizen of the United States to vote? Susan B.

Hind Swaraj and Selected Writings, a Reading Room essay

On Hind Swaraj and Selected Writings

Michael Fowler

This is where nonviolent resistance became a method rather than a mood.

On Hind Swaraj and Selected Writings

Michael Fowler

This is where nonviolent resistance became a method rather than a mood.