Overlooked History

Sylvia Rivera was living in Brooklyn's Transy House when she died in 2002.

Angelo Herndon was jailed after leading a march of 1,000 people through Atlanta.

“We are a people who want to be free,” Canales said.

A closer look at the story of the Lalaurie mansion reveals a lot about systemic racism and what drives it: power.

“I was looking for people like myself who thought and believed and aspired.”

Bombs were planted in at least two schools and snipers fired on school bus escorts.

Hazel Scott was labeled a communist for her advocacy.

Hundreds of prisoners at the Treblinka death camp rose up against their captors.

The movement stood up to the president, pharmaceutical companies, and the CDC.

Ride blazed a trail for women and queer people in space.

32 people died in the 1973 fire at the UpStairs Lounge.

The group was formed by queer students of color at a New York City high school in 1972.

Leslie Feinberg helped change the way we talk about trans identity.

It started because of a 1990s political firing.

Barbara Rose Johns organized a strike at her segregated school after the death of her best friend.

But at the march, men were front and center.

Giving filmmakers and actors awards was a ploy to keep them from organizing.

Civil rights activist Mae Mallory was framed by the FBI.

These all-Black sororities and fraternities played a role in pivotal social movements.

But this was a pivotal period in American history.