Most men and women go where income promises and social preferment beckons. But not
all! There are some whose love of justice, truth and beauty; whose yearning for betterment …

Chaplin's comedy was unique. His wide-ranging jabs at institutions and authority as well as
his propensity for crude, even dirty jokes were allowed no other comedian of his time. His …

Alice Stone Blackwell, a former suffragette and an internationally recognized champion of
human rights, occupied a seat of honor at the 1939 dramatic interpretation of the life of her …

I was part of the Bronx Slave Market long enough to experience all the viciousness and
indignity of a system which forces women to the streets in search of work. Where Negro …

A SMALL periodical, the Nursery, appeared in New York in March 1897 under the motto:"
The object of the Nursery is to tell the truth. There is no publication at present which seems …

Comparing the rhetorical strategies of the Wobblies' bestknown prose statement of their
beliefs, the preamble to their constitution, with the songs of Joe Hill reveals how Hill …

Langston Hughes' poem," Mother to Son," is an admonition from parent to child to keep
struggling to reach the goals and desires of one's life despite the barriers that may be placed …

The only weakness in this most important book is its treatment of suffragist response to
World War I. In an otherwise accurate portrayal of Catt's dilemmas over the NAWSA's postion …

In our era, with its rich mythology of the nobility of art, the artistic value of suffering, and the
irrepressibility of genius, there is a certain honor in being a poor poet. In England in the …

Following the end of World War II, America became increasingly paranoid about anything
remotely foreign or different, with this paranoia focusing itself more and more on political …