This is the text of Emma Goldman's address to the jury at her trial and that of Alexander Berkman on July 9, 1917, in New York.

In 1992, American voters sent as many new women to Congress as were elected in any previ's liberation movement all played a part in the results of that historic election. Read more about the "Decade of the Women" in this summary.

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

Well-written article relates the story of the Miss America Beauty Pageant protest in 1968 by the New York Radical Women.

This is the text, audio, and video [41:07] of Burmese Opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi and President Obama speaking at a press conference on November 14, 2014, in Rangoon, Burma where they discussed the new democracy in Burma.

A short biography of the new president of Colombia. He won the election without a run-off election in May 2002. The article is dated August 7, 2002.

Article outlines President Kennedy's plan to restore economic growth and other legislative measures.

Although the main thrust of this essay is about the legacy the Liberal Consensus View has had on the environmental movement of the present, the author gives and overview of the main issues of the liberal consensus for the period from...

The Embassy of Venezuela in the United States presents a detailed biographical essay on Simon Bolivar, from his early days and family life to his military days and role as a liberator.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An excellent essay explaining the roots of the anit-slavery movement in the United States in the early 1830s and its evolution over the next twenty-five years. Read about the abolitionists, both white...

Largely biographical summary of St. Peter Damian's life. Focuses on his early life and introduction into the monastic vocation, and then on his busy service to Rome on numerous teaching and counseling missions. Please note that The...

As the conservatives were establishing Conservativism, liberals were finding Liberalism, nationalists were creating Nationalism, and socialists were developing Socialism with their own ideas for a new order to establish on a continent...

Much like the civil rights movement, the women's movement also splintered during the 1960s. From these new radical groups emerged new ideas, new organizations, and some new vocabulary.

Describes the goals of the countries at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, how realistic they were, and to what extent they were achieved. The goals were intended to create a new balance of power that could prevent both the spread of...

Bergen Belsen was a concentration camp which became a displaced person camp after liberation. By studying this camp, we can trace the path Jewish survivors took from prisoners to generating a new life. Students will come to understand...

The hard-fought American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. The triumph of American independence seemed to many at the time a divine sign that America and her people...

Easy to understand biography on Simon Bolivar, "one of South America's greatest generals".