Luper’s courage at a young age helped change the course of race relations in Oklahoma City.
We often need a crazy-genius-zealot to wake us up. Jack Kevorkian played that part well.
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Kate Swift's generous legacy to the world includes both her revolutionary influence on language as well as her prolific social activism.
The lead singer of the punk band X-Ray Spex never stopped using her music to fight against poverty, war, racism and sexism.
Throughout his life and work, Howard Zinn was fashioning a living concept of what it means to be a good citizen.
Clarence Clemons could talk, both musically and verbally.
His political legacy was vast and his connections to social movements deep.
Real revolutions will never be televised. But the man who told us that revolutionized music and movements.
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A few of the notable individuals who contributed to the progressive tradition in American life.
“The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity," declared the Kennedy man who forged the Peace Corps and the War on Poverty.
