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Insurgent India: Purna Swaraj as Self-Determination

Ishita Banerjee-Dube

Government and Civics, World History

“At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” These are the famous words of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, that began his resonant “Tryst with Destiny” speech of August...

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61 | The Declaration of Independence and the Origins of Self-Determination in the Modern World Fall 2021

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Explore Alexander Hamilton’s World with New GLI Resources

Since the introduction of the Hamilton Education Program more than a year ago, there have been a staggering 22 student matinees in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Before attending a Hamilton matinee and enjoying a day of student...

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Richard Stengel - "Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It"

Richard Stengel served as the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and is a former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy. Order Information Wars at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...

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George Washington discusses Shays’ Rebellion and the upcoming Constitutional Convention, 1787

On January 25, 1787, Daniel Shays and his insurrectionists confronted a Massachusetts state militia force outside the Springfield armory. Shays’ Rebellion had begun in the summer of 1786, when Shays, a former Continental Army captain,...

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Disfranchisement of African American voters in Virginia, 1901

Government and Civics

In February 1901, the Virginia General Assembly authorized a constitutional convention to draft election reforms. The convention, supported vehemently by Democrats, aimed to disfranchise African Americans without violating the...