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April 27, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On this date in 1946, James Oppenheim's poem "Bread and Roses" was published in "Industrial Solidarity."

April 24, 2015 By Carole Avalon

The finale is titled the date of President Reagan's famous Evil Empire speech to the National Association of Evangelicals.

April 24, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The first Arbor Day in the world was celebrated in the small Spanish village of Villanueva de la Sierra in 1805.

April 23, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Lee Cain was a powerful orator who had toiled for years at the Dodge Main plant and was a leader of the Black Caucus of the UAW.

April 23, 2015 By Gene Gordon

After he became president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela continued to read, to quote and to love William Shakespeare.