Browse Collections (59 total)
Samuel Ward
Born enslaved in Maryland, his family escaped to New Jersey/New York in the early 1800s. Later became a minister, newspaper editor, author, and…
Snake River Massacre (1887)
Details concerning the lynching of Chinese gold miner immigrants in Snake River/Hells Canyon, Oregon in 1887.
Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska)
A Lakota tribal chief from the midwest.
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…
The Mather School
A Reconstruction Era boarding school for newly freed girls in Beaufort, South Carolina.
The Rollin Sisters
Free born wealthy sisters from Charleston, South Carolina who became abolitionists, writers, teachers, doctors, suffragettes and organizers in the…
Transcontinental Railroad (Chinese Contributions)
Focus on the Chinese immigrant experience and contribution to the Transcontinental Railroad project (1863-1869), which connected the Atlantic and…
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
A San Francisco, California-born man, born of Chinese immigrant parents, sued the federal government over birthright citizenship based on the 14th…
Wade Hampton III
A White Confederate general and South Carolina Governor and Senator (D-SC) during Reconstruction. Opponent of Reconstruction.
William Beverly Nash
A formerly enslaved Virginia barber and show shine man who became a South Carolina Senator (R-SC) during Reconstruction.
William James Whipper
A free born Pennsylvania businessman, abolitionist and civil rights attorney who was married to Frances Anne Rollin (Black suffragette,…