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Scottsboro and the quiet courage of Mary Licht
August 8, 2019Licht was herself in jail when she learned of the Scottsboro Nine. “I told my co-worker that when we were released," she said, "I would secure the International Labor Defense (ILD) for their case.” She was...
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‘They Called Us Enemy’: Star Trek’s George Takei pens graphic novel memoir
August 8, 2019As a survivor of the Japanese-American internment camps of WWII, Takei reveals the correlation between the wrongs of the past and our current crisis of discrimination.
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History making legendary writer Toni Morrison passes away at 88
August 6, 2019"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."
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Survivor’s story highlights horror of atomic weapons
August 6, 2019It was early in the morning and 7-year-old second-grader Michiko Kodama was learning her lessons with her classmates when the life she knew came suddenly to an end.
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New Year’s Eve reminiscing with lifelong communist Mary Gosman Scarborough
August 6, 2019Some of us were ready to die for our principles—some of us did. It is not so long ago. Our tree is standing now with fallen branches.
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