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  • What I'm Reading
  • Adventures in the Archives
  • Resources for Readers, Writers, and Students

"If There Is No Struggle" / December 26, 2016 by Maria Velazquez

“There is no doubt that the fear of the consequences, acting with a sense of the moral evil of slavery, led to its abolition.”
— Frederick Douglass, “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress”

The full text of this powerful speech is available here. 

slavery, speeches, abolition December 26, 2016

An Advertisement for a Wet Nurse and a Small Pox Survivor (1776) / December 19, 2016 by Maria Velazquez

The Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Jr. Volume 4: Newspapers, 6 January 1772 to 26 December 1776: Page 328

The Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Jr. Volume 4: Newspapers, 6 January 1772 to 26 December 1776: Page 328

The Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Jr. Volume 4: Newspapers, 6 January 1772 to 26 December 1776: Page 328

The Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Jr. Volume 4: Newspapers, 6 January 1772 to 26 December 1776: Page 328

slavery, reproductive justice, health, advertisements December 19, 2016

How To Write a Sexist Textbook -- Marjorie Randal, 1977 / December 12, 2016 by Maria Velazquez

Part of a packet of materials created by the International Literacy Association in ~1977.

 

literacy, activism, education access, primary sources December 12, 2016

I like to read. A lot.

What I'm Reading

Moving without a Body: Digital Philosophy and Choreographic Thoughts
Moving without a Body: Digital Philosophy and Choreographic Thoughts
by Stamatia Portanova
How to Be Pretty Though Plain
How to Be Pretty Though Plain
by Mrs. C.E. Humphry
The World Beneath
The World Beneath
by Rebecca Cantrell
Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
by Diana Denham
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
by Pearl Cleage

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