Tonya Bolden . . . Author & Speaker
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For more than one hundred years, people organized committees, planned campaigns, petitioned Congress, rallied communities, raised money, raised hopes that one day there would be a place in the nation’s capital [Read more…] about How To Build A Museum
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During Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office, when he unveiled his New Deal to combat the Great Depression, his plans met with both skepticism and support. [Read more…] about FDR’s Alphabet Soup: New Deal America, 1932 – 1939
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, perhaps best known for his seminal work The Souls of Black Folk and as the founding editor of the NAACP’s groundbreaking magazine The Crisis, was ever a soul in motion for justice. As Du Bois lived through the major historical events of the twentieth century [Read more…] about Up Close: W. E. B. Du Bois
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It was a time when Americans thought it improper for women to make a sax wail or let loose hot licks on skins. But the advent of World War II dispatched many men overseas, giving women the chance to finally strut their stuff on the bandstand. [Read more…] about Take-Off: American All-Girl Bands During WWII (Book & CD)
By Mother Love with Tonya Bolden [Read more…] about Half the Mother, Twice the Love: My Journey to Better Health with Diabetes
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After the destruction of the Civil War, the United States faced the immense challenge of rebuilding a ravaged South and incorporating millions of freed slaves into the life of the nation. On April 11, 1865, President Lincoln introduced his plan for reconstruction, warning that the coming years would be [Read more…] about Cause: Reconstruction America, 1863 – 1877
