Unfinished:
America at 250 Series
The American Revolution remains unfinished. Early revolutionaries engaged in deep debates about how voices are heard and what liberty looks like. While the founding generation set forth one set of answers to these questions, they did not resolve the debates. Every subsequent generation has continued to grapple with these fundamental questions.
Now it’s our turn.
Protesting Unfreedom:
Cultural Belongings of Black and Indigenous Histories in Early America
Explore and engage with this online exhibit that highlights the voices of creators and scholars responding to cultural belongings of Black and Indigenous historical narratives.
Forged in the Fire of Revolution: David Wilkinson and the Rise of American Industry
The story of the Wilkinson family is one of the more dramatic and important, if generally overlooked, tales in the early development of the Industrial Revolution. Theirs is also a story forged in the fires of revolution.
Equal Education Activism at the Robert Gould Shaw/54th Regiment Memorial
At this memorial, activists rallied and protested during the 20th century Black Education Movement.