Movement Leaders | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/movement-leaders/RSS feed for Movement LeadersenFri, 20 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000Organized Labor Took a Huge Step Forward When GM Workers Sat Down in Unison in 1937https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/organized-labor-took-huge-step-forward-when-GM-workers-sat-down-unison-1937-180988089/Instead of picketing, striking autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, tried a bold tactic that gummed up the works and forced the company to recognize their unionFri, 20 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/organized-labor-took-huge-step-forward-when-GM-workers-sat-down-unison-1937-180988089/Here Are 250 Places to Visit to Celebrate America's 250th Birthday. How Many Have You Been To?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/250-places-to-celebrate-america-180987824/Journey around the nation with this interactive map, divided by region or category, and discover American history in a way you’ve never seen beforeMon, 02 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/250-places-to-celebrate-america-180987824/Frank Kameny Helped Chart a Path to Liberation for Millions of Gay Americanshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/frank-kameny-helped-chart-part-liberation-millions-gay-americans-180987148/Personal notebooks reveal what life was like for the Washington activist who spent decades advocating for equal rights in the federal government and elsewhereThu, 04 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/frank-kameny-helped-chart-part-liberation-millions-gay-americans-180987148/When Historians Rediscovered These Frederick Douglass Letters, They Were Surprised by His Candid Opinions About Abraham Lincolnhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/historians-rediscovered-frederick-douglass-letters-surprised-candid-opinions-abraham-lincoln-180987175/In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the 16th president, or his successor, the much-maligned Andrew JohnsonWed, 03 Sep 2025 16:44:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/historians-rediscovered-frederick-douglass-letters-surprised-candid-opinions-abraham-lincoln-180987175/This New Book Reveals the Daredevil Lives of Four Italian Women Who Stood Up to Hitler and Mussolinihttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/new-book-reveals-daredevil-lives-four-italian-women-who-stood-up-hitler-mussolini-180986245/By delivering newspapers, munitions and secret messages to resistance groups, among many other incredible tasks, the brave fighters strove for a freer worldTue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/new-book-reveals-daredevil-lives-four-italian-women-who-stood-up-hitler-mussolini-180986245/Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-how-four-black-college-students-sparked-a-nationwide-civil-rights-movement-on-this-date-in-1960-180985908/By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent acts of civil disobedienceSat, 01 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discover-how-four-black-college-students-sparked-a-nationwide-civil-rights-movement-on-this-date-in-1960-180985908/The Human Be-In, Which Happened on This Day in 1967, Set the Stage for the ‘Summer of Love’https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-be-in-which-happened-on-this-day-in-1967-set-the-stage-for-the-summer-of-love-180985822/This loved-up ‘happening’ on a winter day in San Francisco helped the counterculture grab national attentionTue, 14 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-be-in-which-happened-on-this-day-in-1967-set-the-stage-for-the-summer-of-love-180985822/The Club of Cape-Wearing Activists Who Helped Elect Lincoln—and Spark the Civil Warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/club-cape-wearing-activists-helped-elect-lincoln-spark-civil-war-180984000/The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nationMon, 01 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/club-cape-wearing-activists-helped-elect-lincoln-spark-civil-war-180984000/Malcolm X Opera Opens in New Yorkhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/malcolm-x-opera-makes-its-met-debut-180983228/The Afrofuturist production examines the civil rights leader's legacy and lasting influenceThu, 09 Nov 2023 21:57:08 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/malcolm-x-opera-makes-its-met-debut-180983228/San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Acquires More Than 100 Works by Artists With Disabilitieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sfmoma-partnership-honors-bay-areas-art-and-disability-movement-180983161/The purchase is one of the largest acquisitions of its kind by any museum in the United StatesTue, 31 Oct 2023 18:44:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sfmoma-partnership-honors-bay-areas-art-and-disability-movement-180983161/