Browse Collections (59 total)
William James Whipper
A free born Pennsylvania businessman, abolitionist and civil rights attorney who was married to Frances Anne Rollin (Black suffragette,…
William Beverly Nash
A formerly enslaved Virginia barber and show shine man who became a South Carolina Senator (R-SC) during Reconstruction.
Wade Hampton III
A White Confederate general and South Carolina Governor and Senator (D-SC) during Reconstruction. Opponent of Reconstruction.
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…
Transcontinental Railroad (Chinese Contributions)
Focus on the Chinese immigrant experience and contribution to the Transcontinental Railroad project (1863-1869), which connected the Atlantic and…
The Rollin Sisters
Free born wealthy sisters from Charleston, South Carolina who became abolitionists, writers, teachers, doctors, suffragettes and organizers in the…
The Mather School
A Reconstruction Era boarding school for newly freed girls in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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…
Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska)
A Lakota tribal chief from the midwest.
Snake River Massacre (1887)
Details concerning the lynching of Chinese gold miner immigrants in Snake River/Hells Canyon, Oregon in 1887.
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…
Samuel Lee
A formerly enslaved Abbeville, South Carolina man who later became a farmer, attorney and the first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of…
Robert Smalls
A formerly enslaved South Carolina man, Union Army officer, Congressman (R-SC) and businessman. Known for commandeering a Confederate gunboat during…
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…
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…