Life Story: Mamie Till-Mobley
The story of a grieving mother who insisted on informing the world about the horrifying lynching of her son.
Integrating Little Rock
A suspension notice for Minnijean Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine.
Life Story: Christine Jorgensen
The story of an overnight pop culture icon who used her celebrity status to advocate for the acceptance of transgender people.
The Other Thirteenth Amendment
This alternate draft of the Thirteenth Amendment would have granted American women equal citizenship under the law.
Life Story: Louisa Smith
The story of a woman who survived the Union contraband camps.
Life Story: Susie Baker King Taylor
The life story of a woman who served with the 33rd U.S. Colored Infantry and struggled to find her place in the Reconstruction Era.
Life Story: Matilda Hughes
The life story of a woman who survived slavery and built a new life in Reconstruction.
Swearing Loyalty
Sources that illustrate the loyalty oaths Confederate women when their lands were conquered by Union armies.
Luckie Family Portraits
Photographs of a free Black family who lived in Atlanta through the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras.
Information Wanted
This ad placed illustrates the efforts ex-slaves made to reunite with their families post-Emancipation.
