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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.
The Radicalism of Muhammad Ali(Post)In 1966, America's most renowned boxer refused to be drafted into the Vietnam War. The backlash led to the loss of his heavyweight boxing titles, but Ali's resistance helped fuel the anti-war movemen ...
Where Does Power Lie in America?: Watergate, Nixon, and the Importance of Protest(Post)45 years ago today, deep in the scandalous depths of Watergate, Richard Nixon resigned as president. What drove him out of office was not elite politicking on Capitol Hill, but rather the popular and ...
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 ...