Many students view Mounties as simply policemen on horses. But it is important to understand the Mountie not only as a Canadian symbol, but also for the role they took in shaping the development of Western Canada. This site has many...

Tells the story of civil rights activist Rob Williams and his belief that Black Americans needed to draw guns on violent racists.

Learn about African kente cloth, including how it is made, when to wear it, and how to wear it. Accompanying interactive lets you can design your own kente.

A Spanish, an English, and a French account of the enormous challenges in maintaining a colonial presence in North America and of the potential national loss-of pride, wealth, and possibility for expansion-if nations abandoned these...

The Smithsonian National Zoo offers a close-up photograph of a young male lion. A brief description of young lions and lion prides follows the photo.