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Hugh MacDiarmd Hugh MacDiarmid is the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), a significant Scottish poet of the 20th century. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of modernism and was a leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of...

Gloria Steinem, 1971: Women Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activistwho became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s and...

Angela Davis: Socialism – 1974 Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with...

Robert Francis, July 17th, 1967: Summer Arts ’67 Poetry Festival Robert Francis was born on August 12, 1901 in Upland, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1923. He would later attend the Graduate School of Education at Harvard where he once said that he...

Edward M. Kennedy, April 24th, 1967: New Direction In American Politics Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the second most senior member of the...

chomsky_war_in_southeast_asia.mp3 Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics...

Bajan, Yogi: Interview at the Montague Ashram with Art Cohen and Larry Horton 1972 Dec. 9 Siri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji, also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib, was a spiritual leader and entrepreneur who introduced Kundalini Yoga to the United States....

Commager, Henry Steele: Pursuit of Happiness, part 1 1964 Sep. 30 Henry Steele Commager (October 25, 1902 – March 2, 1998) was an American historian who helped define Modern liberalism in the United States for two generations through his forty books and 700 essays an...