When governments, or other institutions, want to control what people think and say, they censor what people write and speak. The stories in this collection are about various forms of censorship.
Evidence of the horrendous events and deaths that occur in labor camps comes from those who spent time in GULAGs.
FDR wants the Supreme Court to agree with all his social policies, so he proposes increasing the number of Justices. Cartoonists bring this court-pack...
A description of the final days of the concentration camp, prisoners and the end of the war.
As Bonhoeffer hanged from the gallows, American troops nearby already threatened the fatal blow to the Third Reich. As bodies burned in the camp's ove...
Mary relies on her deep Catholic faith as she prepares for her execution.
Pienaar serves as captain of the Springboks during the 1995 World Rugby Cup and works with Mandela to create national support for the team.
Books represent new or controversial ideas and allow people to preserve and share their thoughts.
Mandela avoids the death penalty for a treason conviction; his sentence converts to life in prison at the Robben Island prison.
The Supreme Court finds Abrams guilty of sedition; however, the First Amendment today allows people to express their opinions (even when they're unpop...
Alexei, the fifth child and only son of Nicholas II ("Tsar of all the Russias"), is born with hemophilia.
American war posters portray the need for more and more equipment and advise people to waste nothing.
South Carolina History Standard 8-5.4 Summarize the policies and actions of South Carolina's political leadership implementing discriminatory laws tha...
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