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Remembering Bruce Carver Boynton, anti-segregation fighter and Freedom Ride inspiration
December 21, 2020Boynton’s arrest and Supreme Court case 62 years ago helped inspire youth-led movements for social change.
Read moreRemembering protest singer Phil Ochs on his 80th birthday
December 18, 2020Ochs was one of our nation’s most profound singer/songwriters in the period that bridged the Civil Rights, antiwar, and feminist movements.
Read moreTrump and coronavirus dealt major defeats on same day
December 15, 2020But just as the vaccine's arrival doesn’t spell the immediate end of COVID-19, neither does the Electoral College vote mean the Trump plague is over.
Read moreBrazilian poet diplomat Vinícius de Moraes and ‘The Worker in Construction’
December 11, 2020The year 2020 marked 40 years of farewell to the poet Vinícius de Moraes.
Read moreREVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio
December 4, 2020Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.
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