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The Civil Rights Hero Who Defied Racial Segregation

October 14, 2020

By Dannie D. Gore, Sr. |||| Vivian Juanita Malone was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University ofAlabama in 1963 and the University’s first African American graduate. She was made famous by defyingAlabama Governor George Wallace’s infamous “stand in the schoolhouse door” to block her and JamesHood from enrolling […]

Nicholas Biddle

May 15, 2020

By Dannie Gore Nicholas Biddle first to shed blood for The Civil War.

I Am Protecting My Right to Vote!

March 22, 2020

By Erinda, Age 12, New Jersey ||||| Dear Ms. Stacy Abrams: Before and after the constitution, Blacks, women, and people over the age of 18 were not allowed to vote. Today, one of the main impediments to voting is the extra requirements when someone doesn’t have a driver’s license. People who don’t know how to […]