Civil Rights and Citizenship
Women’s History, Women’s Activism: The Shirley Chisholm Center
Barbara Winslow (Brooklyn College) discusses the life and legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the legendary Brooklyn activist, Congresswoman, and presidential candidate.
“They Said It Couldn’t Be Done…”
Former Tuskegee Airman Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. shares his personal history of race in the United States during World War II.
Freedom and the U.S. Civil War
Jeanie Attie (Long Island University) examines the significance of slavery to the people who fought in and lived during the American Civil War.
What’s NEW about the New Deal?
Gerald Markowitz (John Jay College and The Graduate Center, CUNY) describes how FDR's New Deal changed the relationship between the U.S. government and the people.
Land and Labor in the Era of Reconstruction
Martha Hodes (New York University) explores the many meanings of freedom that emerged at the end of the Civil War.
