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One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, what Charles Person faced during the Civil Rights Movement was far worse than his time as a Marine in Vietnam.
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:26:58
Only 11 years old on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne faced the charging horses and the swinging batons of the state troopers.
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:06:54
Freedom Rider, Dave Dennis, never thought about getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement but he did want a date with a pretty young lady.
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:31:59
Her mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. The pretty white southern woman who defied Jim Crow and fought for civil ri...
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:23:34
Michigan has always been home to a number of bustling American enterprises, including the prison industry. Each year, the state's correctional faci...
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:27
- Purchases: 2
Lucy Parsons fought tirelessly and effectively for the rights of political prisoners, people of color, workers, the homeless and women.
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:33
After the Civil War, Haviland became a one-woman cyclone of activity, organizing refugee camps and establishing schools, volunteering as a teacher ...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 1
Older, overworked, frustrated and unwell, Hamer's famous line "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" appears on her tombstone. But she mainta...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
Taylor made the cut as an in-your-face woman because she had the brass to go to secret schools as a child and then pass along what she learned as t...
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:24
Till used the broken body of her only child to give an entire nation a much needed object lesson.
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:30
Nzingha formed an alliance with the Dutch and spent the rest of her days leading troops into battle against them.
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:36
After she became a lawyer, Kennedy missed no opportunity to push every envelope she could related to either race or gender.
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:18
