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“The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk”: A Valentine to Marc and Bella Chagall
March 1, 2018Who isn’t enchanted by the exuberant canvases of Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall, with his green cows and red fish and colorful village vignettes of his remembered shtetl youth?
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Honoring Black History Month: “The Children’s March” documentary film
February 27, 2018Dateline Birmingham, Alabama, May 2nd, 1963. One of the most racist and unequal cities in America is witness to an extraordinary show of boldness.
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This week in history: Mine explosion kills 74 in Montana
February 27, 2018Seventy-five years ago, an explosion at the Montana Coal and Iron Company mine, near Red Lodge, the county seat for Carbon County, killed 74 workers.
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“On a Knife Edge”: Coming of age on the Pine Ridge reservation
February 23, 2018The movie is powerful and superbly edited. It shows the historical abuses the Sioux have suffered.
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This week in history: American socialist Michael Harrington born
February 22, 2018For years he was America's best-known "bright young socialist."
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