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A few days ago Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as she was confirmed as the first black female supreme Court Justice. But 75 years ago today another African American made
A few days ago Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as she was confirmed as the first black female supreme Court Justice. But 75 years ago today another African American made
The roots of the modern feminist movement can be traced directly back to a single book published nearly 60 years ago. It was called The Feminine Mystique. Its author was
Imagine a small group of high school students needing armed United States military just to get into school. In September 1957 9. African American students, the first to enroll at
After a U.S. Army soldier named Casey Sheehan was killed in action in Iraq in 2004 his mother, Cindy Sheehan became one of the loudest anti-war voices in America .
How and where do race, gender, class, art, and capitalism come together? That question was at the heart of some 30 books written by author bell hooks. That was actually
Dexter Scott King was only 7 years old in 1968 when his father Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. But his memories of his late father remain sharp and crisp.
It was on a cold Christmas Eve night many years ago in New York that a stray cat found a new, loving home. His rescuer was I then crusty 60
Ms. Is turning 50 It was in December 1971 that a staff writer for the New Yorker named Gloria Steinem created what would become, the following summer, Ms. Magazine. The
The New York Times once labeled William Kunstler “America’s most controversial lawyer.” What earned him that distinction was his defense of the so-called “Chicago Seven,” a group of young radicals
In 1976 a British business woman started a small business to sell skin and hair care products. But she also wanted it to reflect her ethics and values, including human