In 1971 “We the People” again expanded, to include younger people, with the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18. The ongoing Vietnam War shifted public opinion, and there was popular support for ...

The fight over African American suffrage continued for decades, ... Native Americans were not legally recognized with voting rights until Congress approved the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924.

The fight over African American suffrage continued for decades, ... Native Americans were not legally recognized with voting rights until Congress approved the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924.

Some Jews were abolitionists. Some were slaveholders. The complicated relationship between Jews and African Americans goes ...

Sally Roesch Wagner, a leading scholar of women’s history who founded the Matilda Joslyn Gage Museum & Center for Social ...

Lucy Parsons remains an under recognized yet powerful figure of American radicalism. New scholarship into her life and background is welcome but as this review suggests the recently published Goddess ...

The sidewalks that lead from the Worcester Common to the Worcester Public Library are being ripped up, part of downtown's fevered rash of construction and redevelopment. Some days, it seems the city ...

The 101 Wild West Rodeo, held annually since 1960, brings cowboys and cowgirls from across the region to compete in events from bull riding to barrel racing, creating a spectacle of skill and courage ...

The request says because of the preexisting ballot access issues Native Americans experience on reservations, the law ...

The Indian Health Service was mostly spared in the federal government's widespread staffing cuts, but tribal governments and organizations have lost funding elsewhere.