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4/25/2021
Mars Perseverance and the King's Bay Plowshares: A Study in Priorities
by Mike McQuillan
The Kings Bay Plowshares group deserve a parade for protesting a nuclear submarine base. Instead seven of them are in jail as the United States spends billions of dollars a day on weaponry.
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SOURCE: Harper's Bazaar
3/8/2021
Socialite Mollie Moon Used Fashion Shows to Fund the Civil Rights Movement
by Tanisha C. Ford
Ebony Magazine's Fashion Fair offered a platform to Black designers while raising money for civil rights organizations – more than $60 million over a half-century.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
2/18/2021
For Generations, African Americans Have Led Global Antiracist Movements
by Brenda Gayle Plummer
International organizations in the 20th century provided space for people from the developing world and African American activists to come together in movements that merged opposition to colonialism with demands for domestic civil rights.
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SOURCE: The Nation
11/2/2020
This Election, Black Women Are Leading the Way—Again
by Keisha N. Blain
Black women are continuing a long history of fighting to secure political rights in the face of efforts to deny them the vote.
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SOURCE: The Metropole (Urban History Association)
10/13/2020
“Where The Waters Reflect The Clouds”: Examining Minnesota’s Indigenous History
by Katrina Phillips
"Recent events have forced Minneapolitans and Minnesotans to reckon with the state’s treatment of historically excluded populations. For the original inhabitants of what’s now Minneapolis, though, resistance and activism are nothing new."
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Students, Want a Cure for the Job Market Blues? Consider Politics.
by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
The 2014 elections will give students plenty of opportunities for activism and even employment.