Ella Josephine Baker
Profile.
Brief biography of Ella Josephine Baker, 1903–1986, activist and civil rights organizer.
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Profiles
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
Profile.
Mother Jones (1837–1930) was a labor leader and organizer.
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People’s History of Fourth of July
A collection of more than a dozen people's history stories from July 4th beyond 1776. The stories include July 4th anniversaries such as when slavery was abolished in New York (1827), Frederick Douglass's speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" (1852), the Reconstruction era attack on a Black militia that led to the Hamburg Massacre (1876), protest of segregation at an amusement park in Baltimore (1963), and more.
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Asian Americans in the People’s History of the United States
Profile.
Brief profiles of people and events from Asian American and Pacific Islander people's history.
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