Walt Whitman quote on Abraham Lincoln death
“Of all the days of the war, there are two especially I can never forget. Those were the day following the news, in New York and Brooklyn, of that first Bull Ru...
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John Brown quote about life during slavery
“Betty Moore had three daughters. The eldest was married to one Burrell Williams, who acted as Betty’s overseer. The second was the wife of one Jame...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Leader
Intro Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in nonviolent resistance as the path to gaining equal rights for B...
Coretta Scott King quote: “My father was one…
“My father was one of the most fearless men I’ve ever met. The racial pressure on him was relentless, but it never broke him. Growing up, he provided me with in...
Portrait of a Sámi family, Norway, circa 1900
Portrait photograph of a Sámi family, Norway, circa 1900. — “Portrait of a Sámi family, Norway, circa 1900” sources: A Lapp family, Norway. [Between...
Portrait of a woman. United States, circa 1900
Portrait of a woman. Georgia, United States, circa 1900. — “Portrait of a woman. United States, circa 1900” source: Du Bois, W. E. B. , Collector. A...
President Abraham Lincoln letter to General Grant
Major General Grant,My dear General I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimab...
James Baldwin quote: “You think your pain…
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me tha...
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on friendship
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson — Sources: Ralph Waldo Emerson Wikiquote / Portrait of Ralph Waldo E...
Portrait of Union Army nurse Major Belle Reynolds
Portrait of Union Army nurse Major Belle Reynolds. Taken in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War. Described as “tall, handsome, and vivacious,” Belle surv...