Tag Archives: resistance

A Special Sense of Justice

Posted on June 21, 2020 by franleeperbuss

Nine Thousand Poor Mexican Americans Outraged at the news, Rose Augustine and her best friend called a neighborhood meeting in South Tucson. They made coffee and handouts for 40, but 9,000 poor Mexican American lined up outside the door. A … Continue reading →

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Death of the Black Doll

Posted on May 19, 2020 by franleeperbuss

The Black Doll The sobbing African American girl hurled the black doll onto the ground and started to chop it with a hoe. The broken-hearted child, Mary Robinson, was born in 1943, the daughter of black sharecroppers. She grew up … Continue reading →

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God Gave You a Big Mouth

Posted on May 10, 2020 by franleeperbuss

Snake Running Loose The first time I visited Irene Mack Pyawasit, a Menominee Native Woman living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was in the early evening of one of the first days of spring in 1979. I drove into the alley of … Continue reading →

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Lucia and the Farm Workers’ Flag

Posted on April 19, 2020 by franleeperbuss

The Crate Lucia came north to Chicago from Mexico, nailed in a crate in back of a trunk in the winter. An old woman packed above her prayed for hours, then gasped for air, trembled, and lay still. A fifteen … Continue reading →

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