• Black History

    Equality Crosses Boundaries

    Washington, D.C. is home to important historical sites for women’s equality, including the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. As the first free person in her family, Mary received and promoted…

  • Black History

    Integration in Action

    After the Supreme Court ruled that schools must integrate across ethnic and racial (self-created) divides, the difficult work of seeing the decision enacted, especially in states with far more inequity in civil rights,…

  • Black History

    Integration: An Ongoing Pursuit

    Commemorating the one U.S. Supreme Court case bundling five different struggles for integration in schools, the Brown versus Board of Education National Historical Park in Topeka, Kansas is a reminder of the work…