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- "The Revcom Corps: For the Emancipation of Humanity" - The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP or Revcoms) grew out of the left-wing political movement of the 1970s and 1980s, espousing Marxist, Leninist, and Maoist ideologies. The far-left RCP, founded in 1975, believes that the current system of American government cannot be reformed and must be overthrown and replaced with a socialist state.
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"The Revcom Corps: For the Emancipation of Humanity"
The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP or Revcoms) grew out of the left-wing political movement of the 1970s and 1980s, espousing Marxist, Leninist, and Maoist ideologies. The far-left RCP, founded in 1975, believes that the current system of American government cannot be reformed and must be overthrown and replaced with a socialist state.
- Special Issue of Muhammad Speaks: "Exclusive: Angela Answers 13 Questions," circa 1971 - In 1970, Black Panther Party members used guns registered to political activist and educator Angela Davis during a deadly shoot-out. Davis was charged with murder and spent 18 months in jail. The transnational, grassroots "Free Angela Davis" campaign emerged in response to her incarceration, spreading awareness of Davis's imprisonment and calling for her release.
- circa 1971
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Special Issue of Muhammad Speaks: "Exclusive: Angela Answers 13 Questions," circa 1971
In 1970, Black Panther Party members used guns registered to political activist and educator Angela Davis during a deadly shoot-out. Davis was charged with murder and spent 18 months in jail. The transnational, grassroots "Free Angela Davis" campaign emerged in response to her incarceration, spreading awareness of Davis's imprisonment and calling for her release.
- "What's Your Freedom Worth to You?," 1948 -
- 1948
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"What's Your Freedom Worth to You?," 1948
- "An Anti-Communist Negro Makes This Appeal: Please Don't Help Glorify Martin Luther King" - Some of those opposed to civil rights during the 1960s tried to discredit the movement and its leaders. Mrs. Julia Brown, an anti-Communist, African-American woman and this tract's author, accused Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of being a communist. This publication was produced by the organization Truth About Civil Turmoil (TACT) -- a front organization for the John Birch Society.
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"An Anti-Communist Negro Makes This Appeal: Please Don't Help Glorify Martin Luther King"
Some of those opposed to civil rights during the 1960s tried to discredit the movement and its leaders. Mrs. Julia Brown, an anti-Communist, African-American woman and this tract's author, accused Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of being a communist. This publication was produced by the organization Truth About Civil Turmoil (TACT) -- a front organization for the John Birch Society.
- "Life," February 26, 1965 - Henry Luce re-envisioned Life magazine after he purchased it in 1936. Under Luce's control, Life magazine became America's first all-photographic weekly news magazine, informing Americans on the country's politics, war, race, and national identity through images. Its popularity boomed; by 1970, it had more than eight million subscribers.
- February 26, 1965
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"Life," February 26, 1965
Henry Luce re-envisioned Life magazine after he purchased it in 1936. Under Luce's control, Life magazine became America's first all-photographic weekly news magazine, informing Americans on the country's politics, war, race, and national identity through images. Its popularity boomed; by 1970, it had more than eight million subscribers.