April 08, 2021 Maine Public Radio Sherri Mitchell joins host Jennifer Rooks and researcher Natalie Michelle on the radio show “Maine Calling” to discuss climate impacts on indigenous people. Includes updates on Mitchell’s current environmental justice work. Get archived audio file here Next week, Mitchell will also participate on a panel of activists from around the world for an […]
April 02, 2021 Gregory S. Schneider, The Washington Post “The Supreme Court of Virginia has cleared the way for the city of Charlottesville to take down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the focus of 2017’s deadly Unite the Right rally, and the ruling appears to open the door for statue […]
March 12, 2021 NWP Radio Join National Writing Project Radio for a conversation with AWTT artist and founder Rob Shetterly and education director Connie Carter. For nearly twenty years, Rob has been painting the series of portraits Americans Who Tell the Truth. In this episode of NWP Radio, Rob and Connie talk about the role of art in truth-telling, the resources Americans Who […]
March 08, 2021 Eleri Harris, VOX Here’s a fun graphic essay by cartoonist Eleri Harris depicting some highlights in the history of International Women’s Day. And since it all started with a protest of women demanding radical social and economic justice, we’re honoring all who have championed a woman’s right to earn a living and be treated […]
March 05, 2021 Beth McEvoy, News Center Maine The best thing Robert Shetterly does is paint. So when he found himself feeling frustrated and angry with the government’s response to the attacks on the World Trade Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, he turned to his canvas. “[Later] I realized what I […]
February 23, 2021 On this day in 1868, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois – scholar, writer, editor, and civil rights pioneer – was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. “Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life.” Read short AWTT biography of Du Bois More in-depth biography from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
February 22, 2021 Abby Phillip, CNN In this rare interview with CNN’s Abby Phillip, Claudette Colvin, now 81, explains why she believes many female activists were overlooked in histories of the Civil Rights Movement. In the accompanying article, Brandon Tensley and Skylar Mitchell highlight other overlooked female members of the movement, as well as the very visible female leadership of Black […]
February 19, 2021 David Tisdale, The University of Southern Mississippi Clyde Kennard‘s story – of his persistent attempts to enter the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in the 1950’s – is one of the lesser known stories of the mid-20th-century Civil Rights Movement. From 1990 to 1993, USM undergraduate Riva Brown, seeking to provide fellow African-American students […]
February 15, 2021 Sharon Rudahl, Yes! Magazine Get a sneak peak of Sharon Rudahl’s graphic biography of singer, writer, civil rights activist Paul Robeson in Yes! Magazine. “This graphic biography will enable all kinds of readers—especially newer generations who may be unfamiliar with him — to understand his life’s story and everlasting global significance.” Zinn Education Project Read in-depth Truthout review […]
February 08, 2021 Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan, Democracy Now! “Who is Pauli Murray? The pioneering African American legal scholar and organizer for racial and gender equality was celebrated this week at the annual Sundance Film Festival with the premier of the new documentary, “My Name is Pauli Murray.” The film was directed by Julie Cohen […]