Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass was the first African-American woman to be nominated for Vice President by a major political party in the United States. She was nominated to be the running mate of Vincent Hallinan for the Progressive Party in 1952. To read her amazing and powerful speech to the Progressive Party convention, a speech… Read more »
Category: Biographical Stories
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth was born into slavery, ran away, and eventually had her freedom purchased. She went on to become one of the strongest voices for abolition, for temperance, and for civil… Read more »
Samantha Smith
Citizen diplomacy needed be only for the church leaders, academics, and retired diplomats. Sometimes a child with simplicity and clarity can cut through all the jargon and political talk to get to reality. Samantha Smith was one such child. In 1983 the Cold War was in one of its most intense stages with Ronald Reagan… Read more »
Telemachus
Telemachus was a fourth CenturyChristian monk named after mythological Greek hero. Little is known of his life, but it appears he was a monk in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. He made is way to Rome in 391. He followed the crowds in the street as they made their way into a coliseum…. Read more »
Erica Chenoweth
Our website sections about Transforming Initiatives and Peacemaker Bios are full of examples of nonviolent action. But in spite of all this there is a pervasive belief that is most cases and especially in cases of exceptional brutality that violence is the only way to deal with an oppressive situation. Is this belief valid, or… Read more »