In 1916, one family battled against the unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry. In doing so, they lent their own voices to the growing chorus of Asian Americans insisting: "We belong here."

Frederick Douglass argues for African-American participation in the Union army.

A letter written by a free African-American Union soldier argues for equal pay for African-American soldiers.

The "Cotton is King" speech given by Senator James Henry Hammond before the U. S. Senate on March 4, 1858.

Ela Bhatt was a pioneer in women’s empowerment and grassroots development. In addition to establishing the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India, Bhatt also founded India’s first women’s bank, Cooperative Bank of SEWA, and served as a member of the Parliament of India from 1986 to1989.