On that time John Wilkes Booth and his brothers starred in <em>Julius Caesar.</em>

On that time John Wilkes Booth and his brothers starred in Julius Caesar.

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On Mutual Aid, the Archive, and Uncovering the History of Black Brotherhood

On Mutual Aid, the Archive, and Uncovering the History of Black Brotherhood

Fatima Shaik Considers Her Search Through Economie Journals

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How Gay Activists in 1980s NYC Rallied Police to Their Side

How Gay Activists in 1980s NYC Rallied Police to Their Side

On the Creation of the Anti-Violence Project

By Elon Green | March 15, 2021

Liberation at 30,000 Feet: On the Freedom of Early Airline Stewardesses

Liberation at 30,000 Feet: On the Freedom of Early Airline Stewardesses

Sarah Menkedick Examines the False Choice Between Femininity and Power

By Sarah Menkedick | March 12, 2021

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz

Victoria Shorr Finds the Heavy Weight of History in Her Own Family

By Victoria Shorr | March 12, 2021

The Women Who Pioneered Bicycling as a Feminist Sport

The Women Who Pioneered Bicycling as a Feminist Sport

Maxine Friedman on Maria E. Ward, the Author of Bicycling for Ladies

By Maxine Friedman | March 12, 2021

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Samantha Rose Hill Reconsiders Hannah Arendt's Thoughts on Hope, a Year into COVID-19

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How Meryl Streep Helped Transform Germany in the 1970s

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A Dinner in France, 1973: Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, and a Very Young Henry Louis Gates, Jr

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Harmony Holiday on the Public-Private Tensions of Black Life in America

By Harmony Holiday | March 11, 2021

WTF, Texas? Lacy M. Johnson and Natalia Sylvester on Surviving the Recent Storm and Unraveling the Whitewashed Myth of Texas

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Apparently John Steinbeck once wrote a horror story about a boy being chewed by his own gum.

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Growing Up in the Shadow of Birmingham’s Racist Violence

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John Archibald on Living with the Domestic Terror of 1960s “Bombingham”

By John Archibald | March 10, 2021

How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

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Sophie Wilson on the Liberation Looks Inspired by Orlando

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When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

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Donna Florio Remembers Just Another Day on Manhattan's Bank Street

By Donna Florio | March 9, 2021

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