1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared
Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn’t going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College ...
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Socialist Singer Barbara Dane Was a True American Radical
In 1966, the famed communist folk musician Pete Seeger was invited by the Cuban revolutionary government to perform a series ...
The musician who completely changed Bob Dylan’s life: “I knew I was never going to work for anybody”
The moment Bob Dylan pulled out an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25th, 1965, shook the United States ...
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1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records clear
Finally on Friday, that arrest and the records of six of his friends were erased as a judge signed an order during a ceremony ...
Barbara Dane, Who Fought Injustice Through Song, Dies at 97
She was highly regarded as a folk, blues and jazz singer. She was also ardently left-wing and prioritized social change over commercial success.
Phil Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead and influential bassist, died at 84
He was one of the longest surviving members of the band that came to define the acid rock sound emanating from San Francisco ...
How the Political Spectrum Turned Inside Out (opinion)
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Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live ...