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Essay
Natural Rights, Citizenship Rights, State Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race
Stephen Douglas was the first in a long line of observers...
Glossary Term – Event
Million Man March
In the Million Man March, first proposed by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, hundreds of thousands of African American men marched in Washington, DC, to address problems, create awareness, and promote respect for and within black communities.
Glossary Term – Event
Women admitted to military academies
President Gerald Ford signed Public Law 95-106, which authorized women’s entrance to the United States Military Academies.
Glossary Term – Event
Equal Opportunity Credit Act
The Equal Opportunity Credit Act prohibited discrimination by US lenders on the basis of sex, race, ethnic origin, religion, age, marital status, or welfare status.
Glossary Term – Organization
National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an activist women’s rights organization founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan and others. In the 1960s and 1970s, NOW helped lead the feminist movement in its efforts to eliminate sex discrimination and secure reproductive and equal rights for women. As the largest feminist organization in the United States, NOW continues to address issues of equality, race, economy, health, sexuality, and violence against women.
Primary Source
People’s Party campaign poster, 1892
Teaching Resource
Who Was John Brown?
“Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.” —Frederick Douglass
BackgroundThe late 1840s and the 1850s were a turbulent and complex time in American history as the country ground inexorably toward civil war. Abolitionist and pro-slavery positions hardened both north and south of the Mason-Dixon Line as events built toward a bloody confrontation. John Brown would be a catalyst that triggered the violent reaction. As he wrote just before his execution: “I...