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A White Mother Went to Alabama to Fight for Civil Rights. The Klan Killed Her for It.

What motivated Viola Liuzzo to take up the cause of justice hundreds of miles from her home?

by Donna Britt via Washington Post on December 15, 2017

Buried Secrets, Living Children

Secrecy, shame, and sealed adoption records.

by Lisa Munro via Nursing Clio on October 10, 2017

Women with field hockey sticks in a physical education class circa 1920.

The Physical Education of Women is Fraught With Issues of Body, Sexuality, and Gender

A new book, ‘Active Bodies,’ explores the history.

by Nina Renata Aron via Timeline on September 21, 2017

Soldiers in the 15th New York.

Lynching in America: Targeting Black Veterans

Black veterans were once targeted for racialized violence because of the equality with whites that their military service implied.

via Equal Justice Initiative on November 11, 2016

Confederate soldier with wife and baby.

Fighting for Home

How the idea of “home” motivated Confederate soldiers, and strengthened their resolve to fight.

via BackStory on March 31, 2011

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