Civil Rights & Democracy

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (580+ words) VICTORIA — A University of Texas at Arlington history professor will take audiences back to a pivotal moment in Texas history tonight, examining how the state systematically stripped voting rights from African Americans, Hispanic residents, and poor white people during the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (69+ words) GhanaWeb - You are only allowed to submit content which you have created yourself. - No nudity, pornography and any unlawful content is permitted. - You grant GhanaWeb the right to publish and use your content. - You allow GhanaWeb to communicate with you…...

4+ day, 18+ min ago   (329+ words) wyomingnews.com - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) The Wyoming Women’s History House celebrates a reenactment of Louisa Swain casting the historic official vote for a general election in 1870 to become the first female voter…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1079+ words) In the early hours of 8 September 1936, three middle-aged academics with no prior history of criminality trudged through a field, armed with petrol cans, to set fire to an RAF bombing school. This was arguably the event that placed Welsh nationalism…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (699+ words) This quiet intersection represents the close-knit, communal quality of a typical American town where local businesses serve as social hubs. The candy store, the gas station pump, and the town memorial near each intersection create opportunities to stop, chat, buy…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1362+ words) 'Young Ireland (1907)' by William Orpen (1878 – 1931), which was recently acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland. Its subject, Grace Gifford, was the bright, confident face of the emerging new Ireland. I went to see Grace Gifford during the week. At least,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (109+ words) The newly built Archbold Gymnasium in 1908. The stadium, which was demolished in the late ’70s to make way for the Carrier Dome, was one of the first concrete stadiums in the United States. (Courtesy of the University Archives) The Hall of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1381+ words) The Mary Eliza Project has worked to make Boston's Women's Voter Registers accessible for everyone. Names of the women who registered to vote in Boston as soon as the 19th Amendment was ratified have been compiled into a single, searchable database....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1459+ words) It's a story that began in his youth, when the image of a small but resilient nation rising up to fight against foreign invaders, to gain independence and national unity, became the inspiration that compelled him to choose the revolutionary…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (768+ words) On the night of Aug. 18, 1920, the phone rang at Grace Raymond Hebard’s home in Laramie. Tennessee had just become the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, finally securing woman suffrage as the law of the land. Hebard burst into applause, startling…...