Tag: civil rights movement
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The power of storytelling | From my Perspective
“When we are children, we don’t say to our parents, ‘tell me a fact,’ we say, ‘tell me a story.’” Gloria Steinem believed in the power of stories. In an interview, she said, “our brains are organized on stories and narratives, it’s how we understand the world.” Storytelling was a foundation of Gloria Steinem’s life.…
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The power of storytelling | From my Perspective
“When we are children, we don’t say to our parents, ‘tell me a fact,’ we say, ‘tell me a story.’” Gloria Steinem believed in the power of stories. In an interview, she said, “our brains are organized on stories and narratives, it’s how we understand the world.” Storytelling was a foundation of Gloria Steinem’s life.…
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A look back at the passage of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Cronin and Loevy
Monday is the 60th anniversary of the successful cloture vote in the U.S. Senate that enabled final enactment, on July 2, 1964, of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the law that made illegal all forms of racial segregation in public businesses throughout the United States. The big obstacle to a civil…