Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineThis Freedom Rider was shot at, attacked, and put on death row—all by 20 years oldJoan Trumpauer went from being a sheltered white southerner to a bold civil rights activist and Freedom Rider6 min read·May 14, 2018--25--25
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineA white mob wiped this all-black Florida town off the map. 60 years later their story was finally…Even by the standards of the 1920s South, the chain of events in Rosewood were unfathomable6 min read·Apr 4, 2018--36--36
Heather Tirado GilliganinLEVELThe Black-Versus-White Basketball Game That Integrated the SportOver 70 years ago, the Harlem Globetrotters took on the Minneapolis Lakers, and changed hoops forever·5 min read·Feb 27, 2018--12--12
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineEven Nazi prisoners of war in Texas were shocked at how black people were treated in the SouthIn Texas, some of the Germans actually befriended Americans of all colors7 min read·Oct 26, 2017--74--74
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineIt’s the black working class—not white—that was hit hardest by industrial collapseIn places like Flint, Michigan, the story is very real5 min read·May 19, 2017--2--2
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineWomen took on the male leadership of the radical 1960s Puerto Rican movement and (mostly) wonMachismo was unrevolutionary4 min read·Mar 17, 2017----
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineSylvia Rivera threw one of the first bottles in the Stonewall riots, but her activism went much…‘It was a fabulous feeling for me to be myself’6 min read·Mar 16, 2017--8--8
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineOne man’s dream of an all-black settlement came alive in Kansas, if only for a few decadesToday, the town of Nicodemus has just 21 residents5 min read·Mar 14, 2017--1--1
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineA town of freed slaves — on Robert E. Lee’s old estate — was destroyed to make Arlington cemeteryFreedman’s Village was a haven for so-called ‘contraband’ people5 min read·Mar 9, 2017--12--12
Heather Tirado GilliganinTimelineThe invention of ‘Hispanics’ created a political force of 27 million strongBefore 1970, they were considered white by the government5 min read·Mar 4, 2017--12--12