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Just Imagine…Asserting Our Rights as Citizens

  Lucille Bridges was the daughter of sharecroppers living in the Deep South. She had to leave school after the eighth grade so that she could work to help her family make ends meet. She wanted much more for her daughter. After the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown...

Just Imagine…Becoming a Democratic Citizen

  Gerda Weissmann was born to a Jewish family in Poland in 1924. She was 15 when the German army invaded. Gerda and her family were soon separated, with both of her parents sent to death camps. Since Gerda was young, she was forced into slave labor to manufacture...

Just Imagine…Reaching for the Stars

Annie Jump Cannon was born in 1863. Her mother excited her about the stars and encouraged Annie to pursue an education in mathematics and sciences. Annie lost most of her hearing at a young age, but that did not stop her. She earned a degree in Physics and...