This iCue Mini-Documentary looks at Booker T. Washington. Emancipated as a slave, he rose to become one of the most respected black educators at the head of the Tuskegee Institute; however, he was also accused of accommodating whites and accepting racism against blacks instead of fighting it.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, at the turn of the 20th century, more women enrolled in colleges like Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Radcliffe, which allowed them to pursue higher education and prepare themselves for professional life.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the federal government's creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865, to assist newly freed blacks with food, clothing, and jobs.
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the many roles women filled during the American Revolution, from assisting as soldiers to running households. These strides in independence led women to clamor for greater freedom after the war.
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Established in 1980, the Center for Historic Preservation is a research and public outreach organization affiliated with the Department of Historic Preservation. The Center supports the undergraduate academic major in Historic Preservation by sponsoring lectures, workshops, symposia, and conferences; by organizing fieldwork and international study opportunities for students and faculty; and by sustaining activities that expand opportunities for students to participate in preservation-related research. To this end, the Center participates actively in local, regional and international preservation organizations. The Center also supports Historic Preservation activities by offering public programs; by undertaking cooperative research; and by providing professional services and technical assistance to organizations, property owners, and local governments and agencies.
Professor Lucas E. Morel discusses the history of affirmative action in the U.S., looking at how it has changed from the early 1960s to the present day. He examines particularly the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, both on affirmative action.
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