history
This week in LGBTQ history: Supreme Court decides on Colorado’s Amendment 2
May 16, 2016Twenty years ago, on May 20, 1996, a landmark victory was won at the United States Supreme Court in Romer v. Evans.
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NYU forum explores role of communists in Civil Rights Movement
May 13, 2016A public forum was held to uncover the buried history of communists' role in the Civil Rights Movement of the '50s and '60s
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The ‘Grand Old Woman of U.S. Communism’: Mother Bloor and Iowa farmers
May 11, 2016Mother Bloor is famous in labor and radical circles, but unknown to many, she was also a key figure in the farmer's struggle in Iowa during the Depression.
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This week in history: The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
May 9, 2016The food drive started in October 1991 as a pilot program, the initial drive taking place in ten cities across the country.
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Historian portrays workers as securing the victory of Cuba’s Revolution
May 9, 2016Steve Cushion's new book shows that there was more to Cuba's revolution than the romantic tale of a few warriors in the mountains.
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