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Theater Transforms Political Figures Into Relatable Humans Theater Transforms Political Figures Into Relatable Humans (image credits: wikimedia) Walk into any t
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The Consumerist Conditioning Machine The Consumerist Conditioning Machine (image credits: unsplash) You might think that innocent nursery rhymes are just about
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Bruce Springsteen – The Rising (2002) Bruce Springsteen – The Rising (2002) (image credits: By Bill Ebbesen, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index
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The Amateur Press Associations of the 1930s The Amateur Press Associations of the 1930s (image credits: unsplash) Before science fiction found its place in main
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Bob Dylan's Revolutionary Call to Action Bob Dylan's Revolutionary Call to Action (image credits: BobDylan-1964StLawrenceYearbook-3, from the 1964 yearbook of S
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The Statue of Liberty – A Broken Shackle of Rebellion The Statue of Liberty – A Broken Shackle of Rebellion (image credits: unsplash) What you're about to disco
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Gone with the Wind (1939) – The Birth of Epic Romance Gone with the Wind (1939) – The Birth of Epic Romance (image credits: wikimedia) Picture this: Gone with t
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James Baldwin – Paris for Peace James Baldwin – Paris for Peace (image credits: By Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2
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Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956): The Birth of Rock and Roll Revolution Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956): The Birth of Rock and Roll Revolution (image c
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The Radical Revolutionary Who Found His Voice Abroad The Radical Revolutionary Who Found His Voice Abroad (image credits: flickr) The story of Paul Robeson read
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Letters from an American Farmer – The Birth of the Melting Pot Dream Letters from an American Farmer – The Birth of the Melting Pot Dream (image credits: Dickin
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The Revolutionary Voice of The Outsiders The Revolutionary Voice of The Outsiders (image credits: flickr) When Susan Hinton sat down to write at age 15, she had
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The Revolutionary Voice of The Outsiders The Revolutionary Voice of The Outsiders (image credits: flickr) When Susan Hinton sat down to write at age 15, she had
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"This Land Is Your Land" – Woody Guthrie (1940) "This Land Is Your Land" – Woody Guthrie (1940) (image credits: wikimedia) The real story behind America's most
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The Golden Age Farewell Tour The Golden Age Farewell Tour (image credits: By A.F. Bradley, New York, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu
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Jedediah Smith: The First American to Cross the Sierra Nevada Jedediah Smith: The First American to Cross the Sierra Nevada (image credits: wikimedia) When most
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"Like a Prayer" – Madonna's Gospel Blasphemy Battle "Like a Prayer" – Madonna's Gospel Blasphemy Battle (image credits: wikimedia) When Madonna's "Like a Prayer
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The Maltese Falcon – Hardboiled Cynicism Takes Hold The Maltese Falcon – Hardboiled Cynicism Takes Hold (image credits: flickr) When Dashiell Hammett's *The Mal
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Walt Whitman – New York City's Democratic Visionary Walt Whitman – New York City's Democratic Visionary (image credits: wikimedia) In the cacophony of 19th-cent
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The Revolutionary Gary Plan: A Factory Model for Education The Revolutionary Gary Plan: A Factory Model for Education (image credits: Library of Congress, Publi
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