Lorde preached the power of " the erotic," or what she describes as an " unexpressed," feminine power. Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)īaldwin's friend and lesbian poet, writer and professor Lorde was a comrade fighting for the civil rights of people of color - women and queer women specifically - using the power of her pen. These are the people who marched in the streets of Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, side by side with King, who delivered inspiring speeches about civil rights and ending racial oppression, icons who, in their distinct way, expanded King's vision of " the revolution for human rights" to include women and queer people. Therefore, in honor of a holiday that has come to represent the spirit of the civil rights movement, we've compiled a list of the heroes you probably won't hear about on Monday. But if the past has taught us anything, it's that you cannot truly understand history in digestible soundbites. Americans like heroes, even if that means we have to rewrite history a little in order to simplify it. His passion for activism is and was an inspiration to countless others. is a symbol of civil rights for good reason. One federal holiday and one month celebrating black heritage, culture and activism is pithy at best, insulting at worst. But more than that, it's proven that a single voice can never truly be representative of an entire moment. If the Black Lives Matter movement has taught us anything these past couple of months, it's that every black life matters. One day, just like one month, isn't nearly enough.
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