by Susan | Aug 24, 2016 | Wednesday on the Web
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery exhibition “The Struggle for Justice,” covering the struggle in the U.S. for equal rights for women, African-Americans, Native Americans, the disabled, and gays and lesbians, is now online. It...
by Susan | Aug 17, 2016 | Wednesday on the Web
This is a FANTASTIC survey of the music of the civil rights movement. President Obama’s introduction is top notch. Don’t miss Natalie Cole quoting Diane Nash on the power of nonviolence (starting at minute 14:15.) Following a short clip of MLK citing...
by Susan | Dec 14, 2015 | Wednesday on the Web
With all the coverage of tea parties lately it is an excellent teaching moment to talk about the revolutionary roots of the real Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) and initiate a discussion about whether Britain could have been removed from the American colonies...
