117 results for 'founding fathers'
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Revolutionary Priest: The Radical Life of Miguel Hidalgo(Post)
Miguel Hidalgo wasn't just a priest: he was also one of the leading revolutionaries in Latin American history... Miguel Hidalgo was no conventional priest. Working in the parish of Dolo ...
Fanning the Spirit of Resistance: The Story of Larry Itliong(Post)Born on this day in 1913, Larry Itliong radicalized Filipino-American workers and led their struggle for equality and dignity The story of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican-American labor leader, is wel ...
The Man Who Stood Up To Japanese-American Internment(Post)Born January 30th in 1919, Fred Korematsu took a stand against the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII "I would like to see the government admit that they were wrong and do something ...
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 ...
Christina Rossetti: Of Moderates and Progressives(Post)Christina Rossetti, the masterful 19th century poet, was born today in 1830. While far from a radical herself, her written work has inspired feminists for generations. It’s often the case that ...
A Shooting Star: The Radical Life of Tecumseh (Post)Today in 1813, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed in battle while fighting to save his people’s land. A painting of Tecumseh, a Native American (Source: Toronto Public Library) Befo ...
First Massachusetts, Then the World: Henry David Thoreau and the Doctrine of Civil Disobedience(Post)In 1846, when the US invaded Mexico, Henry David Thoreau stopped paying his taxes. His essay explaining why went on the change the world. Deep in the woods near Concord, Massachusetts, there’s ...
Angelina Grimké: A Radical Exception(Post)Born into the plantation elite of early 19th century South Carolina, Angelina Grimké was the last person you’d expect to become a radical abolitionist. And yet… We’re all a product of our circumsta ...
Frederick Douglass: The Man Who Made Abraham Lincoln(Post)On a brisk April morning in 1876, spectators gathered in Washington DC's Capitol Hill district for the unveiling of the new Emancipation Memorial. It had been a decade since the end of the Am ...
Crystal Eastman: America's Forgotten Radical(Post)Born today in 1881, Crystal Eastman is likely the most important radical you’ve never heard of. Image source: Library of Congress "History tends to bury what it seeks to reject." …and most do ...
Class Against Class: The Radical Life of Ginger Goodwin(Post)On this day in 1918, Albert "Ginger" Goodwin was shot dead by a policeman on Vancouver Island, catalysing the Canadian labour movement “...we know that all this misery is the outcome of someo ...
An Example of Perfect Government: The Life of Laura Kellogg(Post)The Native American radical who led the fight for the return of indigenous lands and self-government “The Iroquois are struggling for a renaissance. If we were permitted the return of self-ru ...
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 ...
Audre Lorde: Black, Lesbian, Mother, Warrior, Poet(Post)Our writer, Tom, explores the legacy of Audre Lorde's intersectional feminism... If you’ve been on our website recently, you might have noticed a bunch of brand new radical tea towels for sale.
Frances Harper and the Poetry of Freedom(Post)Frances Harper, the unofficial poet laureate of abolition, was born today in 1825. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1825-1911 (Source: Library of Congress) Make me a grave where’er you will In a ...
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