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May 17, 2018
This outfit defined an era, created a riot, and was banned by the government
The zoot suit was a…
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Apr 30, 2018
When this black celebrity showed his support for a bigoted president, people were pissed
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Apr 3, 2018
This woman became the first (and only) Jewish Miss America. Then her victory tour was cut short.
In 1945, few brands wanted a Jewish American to endorse their goods
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Mar 29, 2018
How labor activist Cesar Chavez went on a hunger strike and turned Robert Kennedy into a fan
The soft-spoken activist believed in nonviolence and led one of the longest agricultural strikes in America
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Laura Smith
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Mar 27, 2018
This could be the most offensive baby ever
This 1991 ad sparked protests and was pulled from several magazines
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Nina Renata Aron
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Mar 26, 2018
She was there to protest the KKK. She ended up saving a white supremacist’s life
This iconic photo of…
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Mar 22, 2018
Warning: this article does NOT include graphic images… but it should
For school shootings, showing…
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Laura Smith
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Mar 20, 2018
This woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about Watergate
Nixon’s goons made…
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Mar 14, 2018
Using an AIDS-activism slogan to protest gun violence
The NRA and the Dickey Amendment killed any…
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Feb 28, 2018
Operation Desert Storm was a practice run in press manipulation
The 1991 Gulf War initiated the “CNN…
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