The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the...
John F. Kennedy served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate before becoming the 35th president in 1961. As president, Kennedy...
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights, and...
George C. Wallace was a four-time governor of Alabama and three-time presidential hopeful. He is best remembered for his 1960s segregationist politics. George C. Wallace...
Barbara Jordan was a U.S. congressional representative from Texas and was the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South. Born on February...
Dorothy Height was a civil rights and women’s rights activist focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African-American women. Born in Virginia...