history
Civil rights icon George W. Crockett Jr. honored with a new biography
August 8, 2023George Crockett and Ernie Goodman formed the country’s first integrated law firm. Both are legends and, each in their own way, models for what it means to be a radical lawyer.
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African-American composer Florence Price receives her due on new CD
August 7, 2023"She switches between soulful, traditional American folk melodies, and modern takes on late-Romantic harmonic idioms."
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The working-class legacy of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
August 7, 2023I hope others will discover what I did: the historical legacy and sacrifice of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade offers us a blueprint to build a newer world.
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The Oppenheimer paradox: Scientists vs. the military-industrial complex
August 4, 2023The Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb represented multiple ruptures in society, which still cast a cloud over the world today.
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‘One Moment of Freedom’ tells the dramatic story of the formerly enslaved MumBet
August 3, 2023The play lifts up the historical figure of Elizabeth “MumBet” Freeman and helps to restore her to public consciousness.
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