April 29, 1992 I never knew a pair of shoes could scare me so much, but when I see Umma’s and Appa’s ..
Malala’s father worked as a teacher and was passionate about education, and her mother always encouraged ..
Mahatma Gandhi was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 2 October 1869, in the small town of Porbandar ..
Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918, in the small village of Mvezo, in the Transkei area of South ..
Up on the Hill- Foley Hill, some say, but we just say the Hill- we look down on downtown- not looking ..
Everybody in gym class is talking. We’re like a chicken house with thirty biddies going cheep-cheep-cheep ..
By the 1890s, Black women’s clubs were boomimg. More than five thousand Black women joined the seven ..
Kindness affects everyone. When we are on the receiving end of an act of kindness, we may feel grateful ..
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height was always a helper. As a little girl, her mom taught her to never look down ..
Named after her grandma Cora, Coretta Scott came into the world connected to a deep legacy of faith, ..
My work will be precious. I will bridge the “gap” between Black & white… …and ..
Because fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin didn’t give up her seat on the bus for a white person ..
It took guts to dream of becoming the first black woman in the U.S. Congress. It took even more guts ..
Dolores had spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of anyone treated unfairly–people who looked, ..
I write these stories of Selma that I knew and loved. My own Selma. A Selma that brought me joy, troubled ..
Kindness is a Choice: by Jacqueline Woodson Dearest Toshi and Jackson Leroi, Each morning before you leave ..
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Some people refer to my great-grandmother ..
Hi, I’m Juno! Let’s begin counting- and leading! -with twenty of the world’s most amazing ..
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“What’s this sad face, son?” his father asked. Martin put down his fork. “Bobby’s ..
Chapter 1 Laying the Groundwork In the days before the United States sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ..
Black people fought for many years for the right to be treated with respect. In the 1950s and 1960s, ..
A big concern was how to keep marchers safe. Rustin worked with Washington’s police chief. A vast ..
A long time ago, some people thought that black people and white people should not be friends. In some ..
