Tonya Bolden . . . Author & Speaker
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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was more …
More than a once-enslaved abolitionist.
More than an electrifying speaker.
More than the author of that famous Narrative.
[Read more…] about Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
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Untold numbers of black men and women in America have achieved great things against the odds. In this insightful book, award-winning author Tonya Bolden commemorates the lives of sixteen black individuals who dared to dream, take risks, and chart courses to success. They were Pathfinders. [Read more…] about Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
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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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Capital Days spans more than sixty years of American history, highlighting a period of immense change in our country and its capital, much of it witnessed by Michael Shiner, a true American original [Read more…] about Capital Days: Michael Shiner’s Journal and the Growth of Our Nation’s Capital
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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
