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Tapson Mawere, a revolutionary intellectual in the fight for Zimbabwean independence,
Imani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Lewis was beaten and, lying on the pavement, was ready to die. Yet he survived,
Jon Meacham • His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
CHAPTER 11 PEACE
Steven Pinker • Enlightenment Now
If Perkins, the Progressive turned New Dealer, spent her life addressing problems left behind by Greeley’s Civil War generation—corporate power, exploited labor, political corruption, poverty—Rustin spent his battling injustices that the New Deal generation didn’t address: racism, segregation, and the threat of militarism to world peace. No one in
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
« L’histoire enfin, témoin des siècles, lumière de la vérité, âme du souvenir, école de la vie, interprète du passé44… »
Stefan Zweig • Cicéron (French Edition)
His 1989 film, Weapons of the Spirit, is a documentary about Le Chambon; it has become an educational staple that I watched in my high school French class.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Mais le contrôle de l’État sur les médias mine la logique de Lincoln parce qu’il empêche les citoyens de prendre conscience de la vérité. Par son monopole sur les médias, l’oligarchie régnante peut imputer de façon répétée ses échecs à d’autres et détourner l’attention sur des menaces extérieures – réelles ou imaginaires.