71 results for 'founding fathers'
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Democracy on Trial: United States v. Susan B. Anthony(Post)
Arrested for voting in 1872, Susan B. Anthony put her freedom on the line to fight for suffrage... The US has a long and still unfinished history of voter suppression. But the disenfran ...
Voting for the Right to Vote: The Strange Case of Jeannette Rankin(Post)Born on this day in 1880, Jeannette Rankin was the first Congresswoman in US history “If I am remembered for no other act I want to be remembered as the only woman who ever voted to give women t ...
Nothing can be Changed Until it is Faced: The Radicalism of James Baldwin(Post)Born today in 1924, James Baldwin was driven from the US by its entrenched racism but he never gave up the dream of an American society in which all could be at peace and thrive. "To be a Negro ...
"If One Link In The Chain Is Broken, The Chain Is Broken": Dr. Anna Julia Cooper’s Lesson for American Feminism(Post)Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, born today in 1858, stands alongside the likes of Sojourner Truth and Ida B. Wells in the long and fierce history of black women standing up to racist prejudice as part of the ...
Anna LoPizzo: Murdered for Going on Strike(Post)108 years ago, Anna LoPizzo was murdered for going on strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Today in 1912, an Italian-American woman was killed in Massachusetts. She was a victim of war. Not war b ...
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.” ...
Maya Angelou: A Global Citizen(Post)Angelou is one of the artistic legends of American civil rights activism. Her international legacy is equally important. During 300 years of the Atlantic Slave Trade, more than 12 million hum ...
Ready for the Revolution: Kwame Ture and the Black Freedom Struggle(Post)Thrown in prison over thirty times, Kwame Ture never gave up the fight against racism and injustice... Many of the greatest figures in US radical history have come out of the black ...
Solidarity Forever: The St Patrick's Battalion(Post)New York and Dublin are both well-known for their Paddy’s Day celebrations – less so Mexico City. But el Día de San Patricio is a big day in the Mexican calendar as well. There, the ...
Radical in the White House: Ulysses S. Grant and the Fight Against White Supremacy(Post)Born on this day in 1822, Ulysses S. Grant used his presidency to fight for racial equality... A photograph from the 1869 Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant (Image: Wikimedia Commons) The Whi ...
Mother Jones: The Grandmother Of All Agitators(Post)Today in 1903, Mother Jones gave the most stunning speech in her long life of working-class struggle. "Mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living.” This is the immortal battle cry of ...
Lorenzo de Zavala: The Mexican Immigrant Who Helped Birth Two Countries(Post)A 19th century Mexican idealist helped birth two countries, only one of which survived The first vice-president of Texas was a Mexican. Lorenzo de Zavala, born on this day in 1788, fought for ...
Welfare is a Woman's Issue: The Story of Johnnie Tillmon(Post)She might not be a household name, but Johnnie Tillmon was one of the leading welfare organisers and campaigners in U.S. history “Maybe we poor welfare women will really liberate women in this c ...
Solidarity Forever: The Pullman Strike of 1894(Post)Begun on this day in 1894, the Pullman Strike was one of the most significant strike actions in US history “It seems to me that if it were not for resistance to degrading conditions, the tendenc ...
Armed Struggle in South Carolina: The Life of Denmark Vesey(Post)Executed on this day in 1822, Denmark Vesey organised a mass slave rebellion in South Carolina In the 1820s, a spectre was haunting white supremacy – the spectre of the Haitian Revolution.
They Can't Kill Us All: The Kent State Massacre of 1970(Post)On this day in 1970, the National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War The U.S. government was wrong to think that its war in Vietnam wouldn’t cause trouble at home.