historical figures

Grace Lee Boggs and Our Responsibility for Change 
Grace Lee Bogs sits on a couch, smiling while looking out a window.

Grace Lee Boggs and Our Responsibility for Change 
Andrew Lee
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Grace Lee Boggs stressed the role of grassroots organizing and cultural transformation in fostering revolutionary change.

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Social Justice Social Movements & Activism
1506 1134 Andrew Lee
The Revolutionary Words of Angela Davis
Angela Davis smiling.

The Revolutionary Words of Angela Davis
Andrew Lee
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An activist since she was a teen and a supporter of the civil rights, anti-war, and Black Power movements, Angela Davis has been integral in the fight for social justice.

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Social Justice Social Movements & Activism
1420 876 Andrew Lee
The Controversy Behind Cleopatra’s Racial Identity
A woman places a crown on her head.

The Controversy Behind Cleopatra’s Racial Identity
Nicole Cardoza
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A new docudrama on Queen Cleopatra has been “canceled” because it cast a mixed-race actress in the role of the pharaoh.

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Identity Media & Culture Race & Ethnicity
2074 1430 Nicole Cardoza
“Ain’t I a Woman” and the Distortion of History
A sepia-vintage picture of Sojourner Truth sitting in a chair.

“Ain’t I a Woman” and the Distortion of History
Andrew Lee
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The anniversary of the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech and recent MLK Jr revelations are a reminder of why history must not only be preserved but corrected.

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History Media & Culture
1014 612 Andrew Lee
6 Speeches and Works That Honor The Full Legacy of MLK
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Matthew Ahmann in a crowd of demonstrators at the March on Washington.

6 Speeches and Works That Honor The Full Legacy of MLK
Nicole Cardoza
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The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been whitewashed and gentrified. To honor him, we must remember him in his entirety and not just what’s been deemed “appropriate.”

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History Social Justice
2480 1966 Nicole Cardoza
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