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Never Forget the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire! (1911), Vietnam War Opposed Worldwide (1966), Andrew Johnson Puts His Racism on Display (1866), Lieutenant Calley Gets His Wrist Slapped (1971), Centuries of Caring for the Poor and the Sick (1736)

Frederick Douglass’s Unusual Book Tour (1845), Andrew Johnson Goes His Own Way (1865), Fight the Power (1975), The ACLU Takes a Stand (1970)

Manisha Sinha’s history of Reconstruction sheds fresh light on the period that fleetingly opened a door to a different America.

As a tool to constrain executive abuse of power and as a way to publicize dissent on matters of policy and principle, the Johnson impeachment suggests that impeachment itself is the measure of success, however remote the likelihood of conviction.

Reader Comments: Impeachment - GOP Stirrings, Trump Sanity, Racism and First Impeachment, Mormon Women; Tulsi Gabbard; Resource - Year of White Racist Terrorism; Witness at the Border-Brownsville TX; Poor People’s Assembly and March-Washington, DC;