Browse Collections (59 total)
14th Amendment
Section 1 addresses birthright and naturalized citizenship and the rights of citizens, which include "the equal protection of the laws."
Red Cloud & Red Cloud's War
An Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, leader of Red Cloud's War, and the only Native American to win a war against the United States.
Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska)
A Lakota tribal chief from the midwest.
Fort Laramie Treaty
The 1869 treaty aimed to establish peace between the United States and the Midwestern tribes, including the Sioux and Arapaho Nations. Also known as…
Susie King Taylor
A formerly enslaved Midway, Georgia woman who escaped slavery, became a teacher in underground secret schools in Savannah, and a a teacher and nurse…
15th Amendment
Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of…
13th Amendment
Section 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist…
Contested Election of 1876
Highlights of the contested 1876 presidential race between the Republican, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Democrat, Samuel J Tilden, that resulted in a…
Richard H. Cain
A free born Virginia man who became an abolitionist, pastor/missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, entrepreneur and U.S. Congressman…
Francis Lewis Cardozo
A free born Charleston, South Carolina educator, minister and politician. Elected Secretary of State of South Carolina during…
Alonzo Jacob Ransier
A free born South Carolina man who became the state's first Black Lieutenant Governor and one of the South Carolina's first Black Congressman (R…
Contrabands
"Contrabands" was the label given to formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines during the Civil War.
Hastings Gantt
A formerly enslaved man turned businessman and landowner from Beaufort, South Carolina. Known for selling a part of his land that became the home of…
Robert C. DeLarge
Born into a family of mixed-race elites. Former Confederate navy employee turned Republican Congressman (R-SC) from Aiken, South Carolina.
Robert B. Elliott
A British born Black man who moved to South Carolina, became an attorney, co-created a Black law firm and was elected U.S. Congressman (R-SC) during…
Frazier Baker
A South Carolina teacher who became the first Black postmaster in the predominantly White community of Lake City, South Carolina. Known for being a…