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The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi

By Calvin Trillin — 1964

From 1964: An encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr., during a summer of pressure.

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How ‘Silent Spring’ Ignited the Environmental Movement

Though she did not set out to do so, Carson influenced the environmental movement as no one had since the 19th century’s most celebrated hermit, Henry David Thoreau, wrote about Walden Pond. “Silent Spring” presents a view of nature compromised by synthetic pesticides, especially DDT...

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Eliza Griswold
2012
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