Tenement Museum Opens First Exhibition About Black New Yorkers
A version of Rachel and Joseph Moore’s cramped quarters in the former Eighth Ward is reimagined on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side.
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A version of Rachel and Joseph Moore’s cramped quarters in the former Eighth Ward is reimagined on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side.
Jury nullification can be a powerful tool for a community to clearly express what crimes they want prosecutors to focus their energies on.
Sarah Loguen Fraser was the daughter of abolitionists and one of the first African American female doctors trained after the Civil War.
As we share the Illinois stories and sites of the Underground Railroad, we are putting a spotlight on individuals who took action to abolish slavery in the United States — those who pushed for freedom consistently and in any conceivable way. No one pushed harder than Black Americans. Too often, details about the hundreds of years of bondage, trauma and disenfranchisement have been avoided, ...
Is it possible for a single legislative proposal to re-shape an entire nation's political landscape? The Wilmot Proviso, a seemingly ordinary congressional amendment, accomplished just that, leaving an indelible mark on American politics. How was the proposed change in the constitution that caused such a monumental shift?The Wilmot Proviso, which was introduced in 1846 by