Exercising restraint and prudence during the fall of the Berlin Wall and Tiananmen Square

Early exposure to women's rights issues and involvement with the ACLU

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and its long-term impact

Reflecting on King's legacy and its relevance to today's political climate

King Sr.'s opposition to internationalizing the Civil Rights Movement struggle

Legacy as a humanitarian photographer who documented marginalized communities

Key presidential achievements and lasting legacies of the Carter administration

Black women abolitionists, activists, and artists of the 19th century

Elizabeth Keckley's efforts to support freedom seekers during the Civil War

Decision to share Holocaust experiences publicly after daughter's request

Lincoln's two-pronged approach to emancipation during the Civil War

Frustration over the US government's refusal to pay Jim Foley's ransom

Johnson and King's mutual trust and coordination on appointments and legislation

Bryan Stevenson's museum and memorial as a means of confronting racial history

Black military contributions and self-organization during the Civil War era

Contextualizing but not excusing historical injustices through empathy

Disappointment in Obama's use of the bully pulpit on race and policing

Lincoln's early anti-slavery convictions and political courage in Illinois

Gordon Parks capturing dignity and grief during the segregation era

Lincoln's decision to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in 1862

Enslaved people's rebellion and the path to Black military service in the Union Army

Lincoln's role in emancipation versus the agency of enslaved people themselves

Life Magazine photo essay and documentary on runaway youth in America

Frederick Douglass's rise as a prominent abolitionist and activist

Defense of Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the Black prophetic tradition

Isolation, hunger, and nighttime wandering among child prisoners at Auschwitz