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Hampton, 21 years old, was shot to death by Chicago police during a pre-dawn raid in December 1969. The official account--a ...

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Gibbons, one of the most unassuming artists you’re likely to see, fully lived up to his reputation as one of the greatest blues-rock guitarists of his time.

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Long out of print, his novel Nebraska is an enigmatic record of queer survival in midcentury America. George Whitmore, 1987.

The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.

Laura Poitras talks about the BAFTA-nominated documentary that took her decades to make, Snowden’s secrets, and life on a US terror watchlist.

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