Civil Rights

How the Nazi persecution of Jews shaped the African-American freedom struggle.

The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was not the great step forward it is sometimes purported to be.

European power in the New World was established with the help of aggressive and intimidating dogs, specially bred for the purpose. And, as Tyler D. Parry reveals, the long history of canine violence against minority groups is still being written.

Henry Kamen describes the apotheosis of emancipated Russian womanhood.

Throughout the nineteenth century, and well into the twentieth, writes Robert G. Weisbord, the idea of a return to Africa stirred the imagination of Negro leaders in the United States.

Though the Decembrist rising against the Tsar was quickly put down, writes Michael Whittock, the officers and land-owners who led it created an heroic revolutionary tradition that influenced Russians of every class.

E.E.Y. Hales describes Europe's premier revolutionary between the years 1835 and 1860, who was inspired by patriotism, belief in democracy, and lofty religious ideals.

Robert E. Zegger reflects on the the philhellenic crusade to free Greece in the 1820s.

Stella Musulin describes how, in 1848, even the Austrian capital was stirred by the turmoils of reform.