Fredrick Douglass: Slavery, Literacy, Escape, Activism and More

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Alexander Hamilton was born in the Caribbean in 1755 and would move to New York in 1772, just in time to play a pivotal role in America’s push for independence. His valor and strategy on the battlefield elevated him to political office before an affair cost him everything.

Billie Holiday, born in 1915, was a singer who rose from poverty and prostitution to become one of the most iconic and highest-paid jazz musicians of the 20th century.

The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 occurred at a time when it was unpatriotic to wear certain materials that defied the war effort narrative, causing friction between minorities who wore zoot suits and servicemen who were offended.

Yosemite national park consists of 1,187 square miles in California, 95% of which is designated remote wilderness. Every year as many as five million visitors come to see a small sliver of Yosemite Valley.

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was murdered in cold blood for a racially-charged crime he did not commit. His mother held a 5-day open casket of Emmett’s mangled body to show the world the abhorrent injustice.

The Punic Wars, lasting between 264 and 164 B.C.E, were a series of attacks on the Carthaginians by the growing Roman Empire, ultimately resulting in Rome’s borders expanding significantly.

The Puritans were a group of religious zealots as a response to King Henry VIII’s newly-formed Church of England. Puritans faced friction as their numbers multiplied, forcing them to emigrate to Holland and later New England.