21 results for 'paper'
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A Star in the East: David Walker and the Abolitionist Struggle(Post)
He may not be as well known as other abolitionists, but David Walker led the way in the black freedom movement. "Our sufferings will come to an end, in spite of all the Americans this side of et ...
The Liberator: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolitionist Struggle(Post)William Lloyd Garrison, circa 1870 The abolitionist you probably haven't heard of... ‘It was the glory of this man that he could stand alone with the truth, and calmly await the result.’&nb ...
Eleanor Roosevelt & The UN Declaration Of Human Rights(Post)Exactly 69 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights'. And it's in part thanks to a special woman named Eleanor Roosevelt. Using the p ...
Rescue in Ohio(Post)The dramatic Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858 punctured a hole in the Fugitive Slave Law (photo: the rescuers in jail) John Brown didn’t ride alone. When he led his raid on Harper ...
Reverend Daniel Berrigan and the Anti-War Movement(Post)Born on this day in 1921, Daniel Berrigan was a tireless campaigner for peace and justice “Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children.” ...
José Martí and the Cuban War of Independence(Post)The story of how Cuban revolutionaries fought off the Spanish Empire... “In what patria can a man take greater pride than in our long-suffering republics of America?” - José Martí In 1808, ...
Standing Up Against The War Machine: The Story of Kate Richards O'Hare(Post)Kate Richards O'Hare was part of 'The Trinity' of well-known female activists imprisoned for opposing World War I. Their struggle led to reforms in the US prison system and helped spur the creation o ...
Among the Noble and the Brave: Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion(Post)In 1831, Nat Turner led 70 rebels in an insurrection against slavery that cost him his life On this day in 1800, Nat Turner was born into slavery in Southampton County, Virginia. By this ...
Riding for Freedom: The Fight for Desegregation on Public Transport(Post)In May 1961, Civil Rights activists put their lives on the line for freedom and equality When Rosa Parks took her seat at the front of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she helped to inspire th ...
Time For Us To Rise: Shays' Rebellion(Post)Thomas Jefferson saw the good side of allowing some expression of discord in the new nation of America - he was referring to Shays' Rebellion of 1786 Typically, our radical tea towel designs ...
Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President(Post)Way before Hillary Rodham Clinton, there was Victoria Woodhull... What links free love, Wall Street, and the Communist Manifesto? Or should I say: who? Victoria Woodhull, the fi ...
History of the Tea Towel(Page)Since we humans first emerged from the primeval swamps we've needed to keep our cooking utensils dry. Tea towel history goes back a long way. Given that knives, forks, pots and pans have barely chan ...