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March 3, 2008 -
An excerpt of a 1981 Southern Exposure interview with civil rights organizer James Orange, who talks about how he got his nickname, the importance of freedom songs to the movement, and his later work with gangs in Chicago. Orange passed in away in February 2008 at age 65.
January 1, 2004 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 32, "Acts of God." Find more from that issue here.
October 1, 1996 -
One of the 1,500 students who spent three weeks on labor organizing’s front lines reports on the AFL-CIO’s effort to bring workers and college students together to fight for workplace rights and social justice. The campaign was inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer.
June 1, 1976 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 4 No. 1/2, "Here Come a Wind." Find more from that issue here.