Voting Rights Advocate Fannie Lou Hamer
As a Mississippi resident, Fannie Lou Hamer was not informed that Black people had the right to vote in the United States until she was almost 42 years old (1960). …
Heroes & Trailblazers
Be inspired by fascinating men and women whose drive and determination transformed our country and our lives.
Ossian Sweet Denied Right to His Home, 1925
In 1925, physician Ossian Sweet had enough money to buy a bungalow for his wife and young daughter in a working class section of Detroit. When the Sweets—a Black family–moved …
Rose Knox: Businesswoman Ahead of Her Time
Rose Knox started the Knox Gelatine Company with her husband, Charles, in Johnstown, New York, in 1890. (Gelatine was the preferred spelling at that time.) When Charles died unexpectedly in …
Abraham Lincoln’s Childhood: Growing Up to Be President
Abraham Lincoln’s childhood was filled with challenges and sadness, but he was always resourceful. As a young boy, Lincoln coped with the death of his mother when he was only …
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Lincoln Logs Invented by Frank L. Wright’s Son
Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloyd Wright, the son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. John did not plan to be a toy inventor. But in so many ways, creating …
Chief Standing Bear’s Victory for Civil Rights
Standing Bear (Ma-chu-nah-zha), a chief among the Ponca Tribe in the mid-19th century, found himself imprisoned illegally for leaving Indian Territory to take his only son’s body home. The tribe …
