Learn about the crucial historical moment in the civil rights struggle when the song "Soul Man" came into popularity.
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Race in US History
"Soul Man" Lyrics
Get the lyrics of Isaac Hayes and David Porter's song popularized during the civil rights movement "Soul Man."
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"The Battle for Work"
Learn about the Nazis’ job creation program during their first year in power, which pursued both reemployment and military rearmament.
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Holocaust
"The George Washington of Germany"
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George describes his admiration for Hitler's leadership in a 1936 newspaper article.
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"The Welcome"
Gilbert Oskaboose's tells the story of a child caught between the traditional ways of his people and the non-indigenous culture at a residential school.
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Holocaust
"Unworthy to Live"
Learn about the Nazis’ medical killing program that was responsible for the murder of mentally and physically disabled people during World War II.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
#Ferguson Brought National Attention
A New York Times article addresses the role that social media played in rapidly bringing the events in Ferguson to national attention.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
1911: An End of Two Millenia
Revolutionary writings and efforts by leaders such as Sun Yat-sen and Zou Rong played a key role in the end of Qing rule in China. By the early twentieth century, feudalism was on the verge of collapse. Years of humiliation and defeat at the hands of Western colonial powers and the Japanese, and a series of failed uprisings, set the stage for the end of the Qing dynasty. Two key events were seminal in this process.
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1914: War or Peace?
Consider how nationalism and militarism in Europe in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries contributed to the outbreak of World War I.
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Holocaust
1929: A Turning Point During the Weimar Republic
Investigate some of the factors that contributed to the success and stability of the Weimar Republic in 1929.
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Holocaust
A Basic Feeling of Human Dignity
Diary entries from a Jewish woman imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen shed light on how prisoners in camps and ghettos were deprived of dignity (Spanish available).
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Race in US History
A Black Republican Leader Asks for Protection (1875)
The Black president of Bolton, MS's Republican Club writes Governor Ames asking for protection.
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