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 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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This NBC documentary charts the lengthy struggle for school desegregation in America, from the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 to the battle to integrate the University of Alabama in 1963.
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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 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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