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Consider how language gives meaning to experience and the strong link between language and culture for the Indigenous Peoples.

Learn about a group of local residents who provide food to migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States.

Former slave Jourdon Anderson responds, with a hint of sarcasm, to a request from his former master to return to work for him.

Read Student Anthony Wright's description of his difficulties categorizing his identity, and consider why reducing individuals to strict groups can be misleading. 

The Hamburg massacre occurred on July 4, 1876, in South Carolina. The Republican governor raised a state militia to stem the spreading violence in the state. An all-black regiment of the militia, led by Dock Adams, was stationed in Hamburg, angering white paramilitary groups, known as the Red Shirts, in nearby towns. Hundreds of Red Shirts surrounded and eventually attacked the 84-member black militia regiment, killing seven. The following is testimony by Adams before a congressional committee describing what he witnessed while hiding near his house.