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How Cesar Chavez became one of the leading labor activists in the United States “The time has come for the liberation of the poor farm worker. History is on our side.” Cesar Chavez was born … read more

Born on this day, Langston Hughes was one of the twentieth century's greatest poets “I swear to the Lord, I still can’t see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.” Langston Hughes w … read more

On this MLK Day, our historian Pete talks about the radical promise of the Reconstruction years “White historians had for a century crudely distorted the Negro’s role in the Reconstruction yea … read more

In December 1890, U.S. soldiers committed one of the worst massacres in American history... “Many innocent women and children who knew no wrong died here.” The Wounded Knee Monument In 189 … read more

The story of Abraham Lincoln's election and the fight to end slavery in the United States... On Tuesday 6 November 1860, Americans voted for a new president. It was a tight election, but … read more