history
Radical radio station KPFK host Lila Garrett, 94, passes
February 7, 2020"Lila, you were such a great anti-war activist. Your program was one of the most important shows. You spoke the truth and had such great guests on week after week.”
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Kirk Douglas: The slave who rebelled
February 6, 2020“I’ve made over 85 pictures,” he fondly remembered, “but the thing I’m most proud of is breaking the Blacklist.”
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Pioneering Black journalist Gwen Ifill honored on a U.S. stamp
February 3, 2020Gwendolyn (Gwen) L. Ifill, born on September 29, 1955, was a trailblazer American journalist, television newscaster, and author.
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Auschwitz, a poem
January 24, 2020The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The continuing legacy and call to conscience
January 17, 2020Perhaps it was not the man but the circumstances, challenges, and experiences that produced greatness in King.
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