civil rights
Today in women’s history: Happy birthday Dorothy Height
March 24, 2015Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Why black and brown lives matter for all lives
March 23, 2015On Feb. 20, a police officer shot and killed Mexican national Rubén García Villalpando on the side of a highway outside Dallas.
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Calls grow for investigation into Chicago’s Homan Sq. ‘Gestapo tactics’
March 20, 2015Danny Davis and Richard Boykin join a chorus of voices demanding justice over the "CIA or Gestapo tactics" discovered at Homan Square.
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Claudia Jones Communist, anti-racist and feminist
March 10, 2015Paying tribute to Claudia Jones, activist and tireless fighter for working-class women.
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Lesbians who chose visibility: Unsung heroes of women’s movement
March 9, 2015You don't always recognize heroes by how many bows they take or by the awards bestowed upon them.
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