The Long, Painful History of Racial Unrest
A lethal incident of police brutality in Miami in 1979 offers just one of countless examples of the reality generations of African Americans have faced
A Brief History of Anti-Fascism
As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with force
Secretary Lonnie Bunch: It Is Time for America to Confront Its Tortured Racial Past
This moment, says the Smithsonian secretary, should be the ‘impetus for our nation to address racism and social inequities in earnest’
The Museum Director Who Defied the Nazis
For years, Paul Rivet opposed the ideology fueling Hitler’s rise. Then he helped French fighters take the battle underground
How Dog Parks Took Over the Urban Landscape
Birthed from the counterculture of the ’60s, the pet playground has witnessed a major shift in how Americans relate to their canines
Roaring Through Cuba With Che Guevara’s Son
What’s Ernesto Guevara, son of the world’s most recognizable revolutionary, doing on a Harley Davidson? Leading a whirlwind tour around his native island
When the Socialist Revolution Came to Oklahoma—and Was Crushed
Inside the little-known story of the Green Corn Rebellion, which blazed through the Sooner State a century ago
The Enslaved Girl Who Became America’s First Poster Child
In 1855, Mary Mildred Williams energized the abolitionist movement
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
The Time’s Up Initiative Built Upon the Work Done by These Labor Activists
How the leaders of a farmworkers’ alliance reached across cultural divides to fight sexual harassment
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
The March for Our Lives Activists Showed Us How to Find Meaning in Tragedy
After the massacre at a Florida high school, these brave students provided a way forward
Fifty Years Later, France Is Still Debating the Legacy of Its 1968 Protests
In an activist era, millions of French students and workers demanded radical change
Bringing Taíno Peoples Back Into History
A traveling Smithsonian exhibition explores the legacy of Indigenous peoples in the Greater Antilles and their contemporary heritage movement
The “Quaker Comet” Was the Greatest Abolitionist You’ve Never Heard Of
Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation’s first radicals to argue for an end to slavery
The Speech That Brought India to the Brink of Independence
Although the 1942 ‘Quit India’ movement was hardly peaceful, Gandhi’s ‘Do or Die’ address inspired a nation to unify against its British colonizers
The 1977 Conference on Women’s Rights That Split America in Two
Feminism and the conservative movement clashed over issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights
How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics
From xenophobia to conspiracy theories, the Know Nothing party launched a nativist movement whose effects are still felt today
The Descendants of Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison Donate Family Heirlooms
Objects belonging to the anti-slavery advocate spent a century collecting dust in an attic. Now they’re on their way to the African-American history museum
How Cesar Chavez Changed the World
The farmworker’s initiative improved lives in America’s fields, and beyond
Mona Eltahawy on Egypt’s Next Revolution
The Egyptian-American activist speaks out on the dangers women still face in a changing Mideast
What the Luddites Really Fought Against
The label now has many meanings, but when the group protested 200 years ago, technology wasn’t really the enemy
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