Explore South Africa’s tumultuous history from the early interactions between white European settlers and native African tribes to the implementation of apartheid and the long struggle for democracy.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Is It a Crime for Women to Vote?
Read the speech Susan B. Anthony delivered after being arrested for voting in a presidential election before women had gained the right to vote.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Quotations on Democracy in South Africa (set 2)
Consider quotes from South Africans about the nature of democracy and what makes it work.
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"Expansion Was Everything"
Read about eighteenth-century Imperialism, the Congress of Berlin, and W. E. B. Du Bois’ analysis of the profound consequences of Europe's colonization of Africa.
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Global Immigration
"Home" by Warsan Shire
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire gives voice to the experiences of refugees in this poem about "home."
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Global Immigration
"How to Bloom in Dark Places” by Warsan Shire
Poet Warsan Shire tells the story of a young Somali-born refugee in this poem from the film Brave Girl Rising.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
"More in Common Than We Thought" – Chicago, Parkland Youth Stand in Solidarity
Read about the meeting of student activists from committed to ending gun violence from Parkland and Chicago.
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#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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Global Immigration
A Brief History of the Veil in Islam
Investigate the history of Muslim women wearing head coverings, and consider how the veil became a political symbol.
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Race & Membership/Eugenics
A Celebration of "Progress"
Learn about the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 and consider the racist themes that were on display.
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A New Concept of Identity
French writer Amin Maalouf describes the connection between violence and issues of identity and belonging.
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Holocaust
A Rescuer in Copenhagen: Georg Duckwitz
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz', a German diplomat stationed in the capital of Copenhagen, alerted both the Jewish community and the Danish underground of the coming roundup. As a result, most of the Danish Jews went into hiding and were transported to Sweden, where they were cared for thanks to Duckwitz’s diplomacy.
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