Activism

In 1967, Freedom House Ambulance Service was founded to serve the predominantly Black Hill District of Pittsburgh,…

The precursor to today's Planned Parenthood, the American Birth Control League was founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921.…

Dedicated to the cause of racial equality from a young age, Anne Braden was an activist, journalist, and educator who…

"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." Karl Marx was not well-known when he penned The Communist…

In 1963, despite the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board nearly a decade earlier, segregation was alive…

Founded in 1973 by activists in Berkeley, California, Inkworks Press was created because "Freedom of the Press belongs…

In 2015, Finland was preparing to construct a new nuclear power plant on the Hanhikivi Peninsula, near the town…

June Jordan, radical Black poet, activist, and teacher, made an enormous impact on the world of poetry and literature…

Today Portland, Oregon is often thought of as a haven for progressive thinking and antiracist and antifascist activism,…

Quechua is an ancient language, used since the time that the Incan civilization stretched across South America. But it…

Riots and strikes are, historically, often the last resort of beleaguered worker and citizens. So what does it mean that…

This antiracist workbook is designed to get you thinking about the tough questions and tackling the difficult work of…

A sweeping and ambitious intersectional history of the labor movement in the United States. From Starbucks unionization…

The only thing constant about Earth is that it's always changing. From slow-moving geological changes such as droughts…

It has been more than 150 years since the birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi but his writings on non-violent civil disobedience…

The act of Pride has long documented the milestones in the fight for equality. From the early activist victories, to the…

Authored by the crew at ESPN's The Undefeated, Fierce 44 is a collective biography of black American icons. Running the…

This book offers a chronological account of young activists during the 1960s. Behind the change and social upheaval of…

In this collection of interviews, renowned authors of children's books and young adult fiction and nonfiction discuss…

A history of racial injustice to examine how civility and white supremacy are linked, and a call for citizens who care…

At age seventeen, an all-white jury sentenced Jarrett Adams to nearly thirty years in prison for a crime he didn't…