The Voting Rights Act is a historic civil rights law designed to ensure that the right to vote is not denied on account of race or color. Key milestones in the struggle for voting rights include: 1866: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 grants citizenship to all native-born Americans but does not explicitly guarantee the
This is our tribute to her work, which has changed and continues to change the world. Legendary Egyptian feminist activist, author, novelist, physician and psychiatrist Nawal El Saadawi has passed away. Dr. Nawal El Saadawi was a world-renowned writer, a novelist, a psychiatrist, and the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction.
On November 11, 1918, Poland regained its independence after 123 years of partitioning, returning to the map of Europe as a sovereign state. This key moment in the country’s history determined not only its national identity, but also its ambitions for the future. Today, more than a century after regaining freedom, Poland is a country
The Fathers of Independence The reconstruction of the Polish State after 123 years of enslavement was a phenomenon. Efforts of many Poles, their commitment and sacrifice during the First World War, combined with vigorous diplomatic actions, resulted in the creation of the Second Republic of Poland. The whole process was led by the “Fathers of
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Almost a decade before the U.S. Constitution was signed into law, the first African American woman to successfully file a lawsuit for her freedom won in the state of Massachusetts. On August 22, 1781, a jury in Great Barrington, Massachusetts found that an African American woman named Elizabeth Freeman should be freed and was not
