Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
The U.S. government did not allow African-Americans to join the U.S. Marine Corps until 1942. The first black Marine was Howard P. Perry.
The First Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to freely express themselves.
During Germany's occupation of Norway, during World War II, the Norwegians suffered great hardships. Beyond the disastrous occupation itself, many peo...
Vorkuta, in Russia's northern climes, was once home to a Soviet-era forced labor camp.
Frances Adeline Miller Seward, the wife of President Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, was respected in her own right. Among other t...
Originally owned by Franklin & Armfield, dealers in slaves, this slave pen was located not far from the U.S. Capitol.
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white man, and Dr.
During the summer of 1964, university students from various places in the U.S. travel to Mississippi. Their plan is to help register African-Americans...
After Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman went missing - following their release from questioning at Sheriff Lawrence Raineys jail - hundreds of people look...
In 1616, Galileo agrees not to teach the Copernican theory. Thereafter, Church officials believe he violated that agreement.
Forced by the Church to give-up working on astronomical matters, Galileo returns to his experiments on the laws of motion.
Gandhi urged a national strike after he returned to his country. The Amritsar Massacre soon followed.
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