All of these rights we are suppose to have are pure bullshit.
Protesting does make a difference, but it takes time.
You have to be aware that you may go to jail, get hurt or worse.
There is so much truth to unpack with every point she made.
The one thing the Republicans did that was think tank genius was turn the white working class against their unions.
Just agreed to fuck themselves out of good pay and benefits.
Boston College has a policy that employees' kids can attend for free, as long as they are accepted. This janitor (Mr. Fred Vautour) has five kids, all of whom got in, saving nearly $700k in tuition
“Muhammad Ali gets distracted by Puerto Rican dancer, singer, and entertainer, Iris Chacón in an exhibition match against local boxer Cholito, Puerto Rico, 1976.”
Boxing heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano was so dangerous in the ring, that Olympic gold medalist Floyd Patterson waited until Rocky had retired, before moving up to heavyweight.
A 44-year-old man went to the hospital after pus began oozing from his chest, where doctors discovered a knife that had been embedded in his body for eight years. According to the report, he showed no signs of chest pain, breathing problems, coughing, or fever, and was otherwise in good health.
A photo of Ryan Griffin who gives a $2 discount to kids if they read a book aloud at his barbershops in Michigan while he gives them haircuts in order to encourage their love of reading.
The remains of astronaut Vladimir Komarov, who perished during a space mission, 1967. Soviet military officials view the remains of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov
Larry Davis surrenders following a 17-day manhunt after he shot six NYPD officers raiding his sister's apartment. His defense team, led by William Kunstler, contended that the cops were corrupt and the raid was a pretense to murder Davis for knowing about their crimes, The Bronx, 1986
A young black woman attends her murder trial for stabbing a jail guard to death after he tried to rape her. The case made national headlines and became a cause célèbre for liberal and radical civil rights activists and feminists for its racial and gender dynamics, North Carolina, 1975
Richard Jewell speaking to a congressional subcommittee, demanding an apology from the FBI for falsely accusing him of the Centennial Park Bombing, July 30th 1997.
Elvis Presley left the building 48 years ago. This is the last taken of him on his way to the dentist. He’d die later in his bathroom after playing racquetball. Aug. 16, 1977
A photo of 16-year-old Yusuf Hawkins with his mother. In 1989, Hawkins was murdered by a mob of as many as 30 white youths who mistakenly thought he was dating a local white girl. Hawkins was one of three black people to be murdered by racist white mobs in New York in the 1980s
Six year old Robin Arrington, daughter of a Miami Southern Christian Leadership Conference attorney, leans on Dr. Martin Luther King's shoulder as Dr. King holds a press conference, April 11, 1966, in Miami.
The Greenwich Village townhouse explosion occurred on March 6, 1970, in New York City, United States. Members of the Weather Underground (Weathermen), an American leftist militant group, were making bombs in the basement of 18 West 11th Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood
Buford Pusser holds a pair of autographed sticks on Aug. 1,1963. Pusser endured numerous attacks as Sheriff, surviving multiple assassination attempts, including being stabbed seven times, shot eight times and even run over by a car.
On Aug 11, 157 years ago today, abolitionist and statesman Thaddeus Stevens passed away. Among his achievements was helping to secure the passage of the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery in America. Circa 1860s–1870s