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Claiming Freedom in Minnesota

Claiming Freedom in Minnesota “The  Minneapolis Slave Case,” St. Cloud Democrat, September 6, 1860, pg 1. Minnesota Historical Society. Document Text Summary The Minneapolis “Slave” Case. The Democrats have been as unfortunate in their attempt to make capital out of the case of Eliza Wonston as they were in that of Henry Sparks. After all their charges that Eliza was Persuaded to leave her master by “Abolitionists;” after the dirt-eaters of St. Anthony and Minneapolis, headed by McLean of the Winslow House, had offered indignities and threatened violence to the person of Mr. Babbitt and others, it turned out that Eliza, when she left Mississippi, was fully determined to assert her freedom as soon as she reached the free soil of Minnesota.

2024-03-14T13:29:15-04:00
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Police Violence

Police Violence Reaction to Los Angeles Police Trial Reaction to Los Angeles Police Trial, April 30, 1992. C-SPAN. Video Transcript Good morning. My name is Maxine Waters, a Congresswoman from the 29th Congressional District in Los Angeles, the scene of the early fires that you witnessed on national television last night. With me are members of the Congressional Black Caucus and a representative from the NAACP, and we’re here this morning to express our outrage and our extreme concern about the unfair verdict in the case of Rodney King last evening in Simi Valley. Each of the members here will have an opportunity to make a statement expressing their feelings and their concern.  Allow me to start this press conference by telling you that I am angry. I am outraged. I

2024-01-29T10:10:44-05:00
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Anita Hill’s Testimony

Anita Hill's Testimony Anita Hill's testimony Thomas Second Hearing Day 1, Part 2. October 11, 1991. C-Span Archives. Video Transcript SENATOR BIDEN: Professor, do you swear the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? PROFESSOR HILL: I do. SENATOR BIDEN: Thank you. Professor Hill, please make whatever statement you wish to make to the committee. PROFESSOR HILL: Mr. Chairman, Senator Thurmond, members of the committee. My name is Anita F. Hill, and I am a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma. I was born on a farm in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, in 1956. I am the youngest of 13 children.  I had my early education in Okmulgee County. My father, Albert Hill, is a farmer in that area. My mother's name is Irma Hill. She is

2024-01-29T09:58:22-05:00
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Punk Feminists

Punk Feminists Document Text Riot grrrl is… BECAUSE us girls crave records and books and fanzines that speak to US, that WE feel included in and can understand in our own ways BECAUSE viewing our work as being connected to our girlfriends-politics-real lives is essential if we are gonna figure out how what we are doing impacts, reflects, perpetuates, or DISRUPTS the status quo BECAUSE we don’t want to assimilate to someone else’s (Boy) standards of what is or isn’t “good” music or punk rock or “good” writing AND THUS need to create forums where we can recreate, destroy and define our own visions BECAUSE we know that life is much more than physical survival and are patently aware that the punk rock “you can do anything” idea is crucial to the coming angry grrrl rock revolution

2024-03-13T13:50:51-04:00
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Life Story: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Life Story: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Quinn Dombrowski, Miss Major, June 29, 2014. By Quinn Dombrowski - https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/14560270363, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35247133 This video was created by the New-York Historical Society Teen Leaders in collaboration with the Untold project. Major Gracy was born in Chicago in the 1940s (she is unsure of her exact birth date). She grew up with her parents and her sister, Cookie. She added her mother’s maiden name, Griffin, as a tribute to her. She uses Miss Major as her first name. Miss Major was assigned male at birth. But growing up, she always felt more like a female. Her parents thought it was just a phase and that she

2024-03-13T14:20:16-04:00
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Life Story: Lois Curtis

Life Story: Lois Curtis Lois Curtis visiting the Obama White House Pete Souza, President Barack Obama looks at a painting presented to him by artist Lois Curtis, center, during their meeting in the Oval Office, June 20, 2011. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Lois Curtis was born around 1969 and grew up in Georgia. She enjoyed going to school but struggled in class. As a child, she was diagnosed with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Her parents struggled to take care of her. Lois often ran away and her mother had to call the police to find her. When Lois was 11 years old, her family decided to commit her to the Georgia Regional Hospital. At the time, it was common to send people with developmental

2024-03-13T14:16:11-04:00
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U.S. v. Virginia

U.S. v. Virginia Document Text Summary VMI BOARD VOTES TO ADMIT WOMEN BUT SCHOOL WON'T CHANGE, OFFICIALS SAY In the end, six years of litigation came down to one vote. The potential obstacles - especially more lawsuits and the need for hundreds of millions of dollars - proved too much for those who fervently hoped to take Virginia Military Institute private and keep it all-male. In a 9-8 vote Saturday, the VMI Board of Visitors agreed to admit women in the fall of 1997. After six years of lawsuits, this case was decided by one vote. The leadership of VMI voted to allow women to attend the school. But VMI officials said that is just about all that will change. "Female cadets will be treated precisely as we treat male cadets," VMI Superintendent Josiah Bunting III said.

2024-01-29T09:57:39-05:00
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Life Story: Cassie Bernall and Rachel Scott

Life Story: Cassie Bernall (1981–1999) and Rachel Scott (1981–1999) Cassie Bernall Cassie Bernall. By http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/cassie.html jpg found linked from this webpage:  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46479538 Rachel Scott Rachel Scott. By http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/dead/rachel1.jpg found linked from this webpage:  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35482635 Cassie René Bernall was born on November 6, 1981, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She grew up in a white evangelical Christian home with her parents, Misty and Brad, and her younger brother Chris. Cassie liked spending time outdoors. She loved to swim and go on bike rides with her dad. She also enjoyed fishing and rock climbing.  As a teenager, Cassie went through a difficult emotional time. She started smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs. When she was

2024-03-13T14:22:37-04:00
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Women in Sports

Women in Sports USA women's gymnastics team Matthew Ashton, Atlantica Olympic Games. Women’s Gymnastics. The USA team celebrate Gold Medal in the Women’s Team Gymnastic competition. July 23, 1996. Matthew Ashton/PA Images/Alamy Photo. Brandi Chastain Newsweek cover Newsweek, July 19, 1999. Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act banned discrimination based on sex in educational institutions that received funding from the federal government. The act made it illegal to bar women from academic programs and scholarships, although it is primarily known for its impact on sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) challenged Title IX shortly after it passed. They argued that it should only apply to sports programs that were specifically funded with federal money. Most

2024-03-13T14:04:51-04:00
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Life Story: Susan Clark Holley

Life Story: Susan Clark Holley Susan Clark Susan Clark portrait. WDM Historical Society. This video was created by the New-York Historical Society Teen Leaders in collaboration with the Untold project. Susan Clark was born into the free Black community of Muscatine, Iowa, in 1854. Her father, Alexander, was a successful business owner. He made enough money that Susan’s mother, Catherine, could stay home to care for their family. Susan had two older siblings: a sister named Rebecca and a brother named Charles. Iowa was a so-called free state, but the Clark family faced the same kind of prejudice and discrimination that made the lives of Black people challenging in all parts of the

2024-03-14T13:51:20-04:00
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