Barbara Christian

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January 21, 2017. Protesters holding signs in crowd at the Women's March in Washington DC. feminism

Feminism: From Ancient Rome to the Women’s March

close up of newspapers

Citizen Journalists

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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

January 21, 2019: Superbowl LIII will be played at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, February 3, 2019 against the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.

What Was the Super Bowl’s First Blockbuster Commercial?

Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.

Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

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Born	December 12, 1943 • Saint Thomas • United States Virgin Islands
Died	June 25, 2000 (aged 56) • Berkeley • California
Notable Works	“Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers”
Subjects Of Study	literary criticism • women’s rights movement • African Americans

Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray

American civil rights activist, lawyer, and writer

bell hooks

bell hooks

American scholar

Chandler Owen

American socialist, journalist, and publicist

Paul de Man

American literary critic

Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson

American author

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

American critic and scholar

Jovita Idár

Jovita Idár

Mexican American journalist, teacher, and activist

Charlotta Spears Bass

Charlotta Spears Bass

American editor and activist

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

American author

Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed

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Catharine A. MacKinnon

American feminist and law professor

H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken

American writer

Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

American author and feminist

Maggie Kuhn

American activist

Stanley Crouch

American journalist and critic

Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine

Daisy Bates

American civil rights leader

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany

American author and critic

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago

American artist

A newsman makes news

Dean Baquet

American journalist

Abzug, Bella

Bella Abzug

American politician