Books
“Word Warrior” a good book on democratic media
December 9, 2015"Word Warrior" is a remarkable contribution to the historical narrative and to our understanding of the long civil rights revolution.
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Today in history: Anna Louise Strong is born, changes worlds
November 24, 2015Strong was employed by the New York Evening Post to report on the bloody massacre and the armed guards hired by Everett mill owners to keep the IWW out of town.
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“A Year Without Sundays:” remaking Cuban society through literacy campaign
November 23, 2015A modern day activist for social change often dreams of that day when all the hard work of struggle comes to fruition . . .
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New book celebrates the centennial of jazz great Billy Strayhorn
November 20, 2015"Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life" is a welcome addition for anyone interested in jazz, civil rights, or photography.
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New book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
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