Nat Turner - known as the prophet in his enslaved community, led a violent uprising that changed everything.

Dred Scott went to the US Supreme Court to sue for his freedom. The Court ruled that Black people were “inferior beings” with no Constitutional rights. This decision helped spark the American Civil War.

Did you know that the US Constitution's most important amendments took place over just 5 years? So what happened between 1865 and 1870 – and how did it change America?

He was a fierce patriot and Founding Father – so why did John Adams defend British soldiers accused of murder following the Boston Massacre of 1770?

How a former slave became the first woman to lead an armed force in the civil war.

This live-action video program is about the word Underground Railroad. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Underground Railroad through use of video footage, photographs,...

This video explores some of the reasons the British were involved in the slave trade and a quote from William Wilberforce's parlimentary speech about the abolition of slavery.

How one white actor's creation came to represent the most racist laws in America - and how those laws were crushed.

From the fight to abolish slavery in the 1800s to the efforts to stop segregation in the 1900s, this program chronicles the civil rights movement in America. Students will learn about the courageous leaders of the Abolitionist Movement...

This live-action video program is about the word Suffrage. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Suffrage through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...

The Canadian legacy of famed American abolitionist Harriet Tubman isn’t left out in the big-screen version of her story.

Europeans are still at risk of being sentenced to death. It might sound shocking, but this is exactly what happen ed to Spaniard Joaquín Martínez.



He ended up on death row in Florida for...

Europeans are still at risk of being sentenced to death . It might sound shocking, but this is exactly what happened to Spaniard Joaquín Martínez.



He ended up on death row in Florida ...

A group of activists risk their lives to free enslaved fishermen working for Thai fishing companies in Indonesia.

Germany's highest court on Tuesday upheld the central part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country's increasingly bloated parliament.

The Indian government has abolished the controversial angel tax, as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha. This tax was levied on funds raised by startups from angel investors if the amount exceeded the fair...

The federal government should apologize for slavery in Canada and make amends for the discrimination that followed abolition, says historian and educator Afua Cooper

The Prime Minister repeated his “long-term ambition” to abolish national insurance in the next Parliament.



Speaking at an event at a pub in South Yorkshire, Rishi Sunak said: “The reason we have chosen to cut national...

The Prime Minister told a pub in Maltby, South Yorkshire that national insurance is 'unfair' because it's a tax on work and is 'unnecessarily complicated', as he laid out his “long-term ambition” to abolish national insurance in the next...

Protesters outside the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy at University College Cork.

1. Professor Ole Danbolt Mjos walking into room and up to the podium

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Ole Danbolt Mjos, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Commi
ttee:
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the...

CLEAN : Death penalty progress but some worrying

CLEAN : Amnesty publishes report on death sentences and executionss

The Vatican said on Thursday that Pope Francis has changed church teaching about the death penalty, saying it can never be sanctioned because it "attacks" the inherent dignity of all humans.

Pope...