Author: Maryam

The American Minute

Booker T. Washington “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else” – American Minute with Bill Federer

Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute, delivered an address at Memorial Hall in Columbus, Ohio, May 24, 1900. The description was... Read more.
The American Minute

A Runaway Slave, an Anti-Slavery Party, and the first Republican Primaries – American Minute with Bill Federer

By the time of the Civil War, the slave population in the United States had grown to four million. The two major political parties in America were the Democrats... Read more.
The American Minute

Plato on How Democracies Collapse: “The manner of life is that of democrats … Every man does what is right in his own eyes” – American Minute with Bill Federer

Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived in the city-state of Athens. In 380 B.C., Plato wrote The Republic, where he described in Books... Read more.