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Meagan Day
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Jun 18, 2018
The First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without This Woman
Behind the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was a sisterhood
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Brendan Seibel
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Jun 12, 2018
These photos show how the American Civil Rights Movement influenced Aboriginal rights activists
Students traveled Australia by bus, just like the Freedom Riders
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Meagan Day
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Apr 25, 2018
When this Ivy League school planned a segregated gymnasium, students held the dean hostage
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Nina Renata Aron
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Apr 16, 2018
At the Hookers Ball, strippers, dancers, and activists took over San Francisco and partied for sex workers rights
The children’s poet Shel Silverstein even wrote a (semi)-naughty poem for the occasion
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Nina Renata Aron
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Oct 13, 2017
Bullied in school, Harry Hay went on to start one of the first gay rights groups in America
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Stephanie Buck
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Oct 2, 2017
An out lesbian and abortion rights activist, Marie Equi got locked up for espionage
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Allen McDuffee
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Mar 20, 2017
The most famous leak in history nearly sent Daniel Ellsberg to prison for espionage
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Stephanie Buck
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Nov 11, 2016
During Nazi occupation, office supplies became symbols of resistance
A tiny token, a brave statement
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Rian Dundon
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Aug 31, 2016
Photos: What working life looked like for kids on the first Labor Day
Lewis Hine’s photography helped…
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Keisha N. Blain
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Jul 21, 2016
White supremacists have been funding black activists’ ‘Back to Africa’ movements for centuries
One man’s GoFundMe dares racists to put their money where their mouth is
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