Mary McLeod Bethune A civil rights activist and educator whose parents had been slaves. As co-founder of the United Negro College Fund, she... Read More
“Bound to be True”:Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge The U.S. needed a pleasant distraction in 1865. It received one in the unlikely form of a children’s novel. Read More
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Harry Hopkins: Chief Apostle of the New Deal Special to the Newsletter by Michael F. Bishop Read More
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