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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Drew Yost

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2013 'gayest year in gay history ' rights advocates say - 0 views

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    This msn news article discusses the current climate of homosexuality in the United States. It highlights the many progressive steps that have been take throughout this year toward equality in marriage and in the workplace for the gay community. The article focuses on the impact of the gay rights movement in the political arena. Including the public announcement of several gay politicians, the article suggests that Republicans are slowly trying to gain popularity with LGBT rights supporters, even though considered to be a conservative party. This article connects to the photograph of Donna Gottschalk and the gay liberation movement by making readers aware of the changes that have occurred, fueled by those who participated in the parade over 40 years ago.
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True Sustainability Requires Gender Equality | Center for American Progress - 0 views

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    The American Progress site dedicates itself to the improvement of the livelihood of Americans. This article addresses the trends in gender equality in the workplace and the deep focus Americans have on clean energy as they look toward the future. By using research of female roles in the job market, the article encourages the presence of women as an equal part of the clean energy workforce. Based on the effects that the clean energy movement will have on the entire population, this article insists on equal representation of ideas form both genders to reach ultimate success.
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1970s Women's Liberation Movement - YouTube - 0 views

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    The multimedia presentation on the 1970's Women's Liberation Movement pays homage to some of the most influential leaders in the fight for female equality. Including moments like Billie Jean King's famous "battle of the sexes" tennis match, this video gives the viewer a glimpse into many of the victories that women achieved in the progression of the female presence in the United States. Striking photographs combined with video and audio recordings bring life to a great decade of change for women, and the belief that sex and gender should not affect human rights for Americans.
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Women's Liberation Movement - 1 views

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    Its ok melissa, I saw that and do I did not annotate and I found another source, but I couldnt delete the share. No worries.
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Sweden's plan to bring gender equality to the movies - 0 views

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    This Washington Post article takes a look at a new and interesting way that Sweden is encouraging gender equality. The nation has implemented a grading system at several movie theatres where female characters in films are scored based on their proximity to a fully "developed" character. The "Bechdel" grading system was constructed by an "American cartoonist", and includes several standards a character must meet in order to earn an "A" rating. "Sweden is the fourth most gender-equal country," and the film grading system, they hope, continues to keep this topic at the forefront of citizen's minds.
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Stonewall and Christopher Street: Entering the global LGBTQ Equality Movement | Truth I... - 0 views

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    Truth in Progress is a website dedicated to the exploration of the civil rights histories, including both black and LGBT perspectives. The site invites participation as its members travel the country to document experiences regarding sexual orientation, racial issues, and religion and how these topics intersect with one another. The video "Stonewall and Christopher Street" is a short video discussing how the gay liberation parade where Donna Gottschalk was photographed, and the the Stonewall riots have become "memorialized" worldwide. Although many other significant moments occurred in the history of the gay rights movement, these two in particular have become "symbolic" for the LGBT community and others interested in its history. The speaker points out how Stonewall is often viewed as the beginning of the movement though other important steps came earlier.
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Walker Evans: Carbon and Silver | Fenimore Art Museum - 1 views

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      The Fenimore Museum is located in Cooperstown, NY.  It is dedicated to the preservation and integration of American Art and History.  "Walker Evans:Carbon and Silver" is an exhibit that experiments with new technology on old prints.  By using digital forms of photos and making ink-jet prints, the exhibitionists believe they can reveal never before seen details in the photos.  Working with contemporaries of Walker himself, the museum believes they have created images that would be the artists approval.
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Allie Mae Burroughs | Rita's Dog Blog - 0 views

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      This is a blog that someone started dedicated to photographs of dogs, but includes the use of Allie Mae Burrough's photograph as an introduction to the work of Walker Evans.  The author of the blog offers her own interpretation of what she sees in this photograph. "I say, this is an attractive and proud woman, old beyond her years, from constant hard work."  The author displays another image taken by Walker Evans on a New York City subway, helping us to gain a better sense of Evans' interest in capturing daily life.
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Walker Evans and photography - World Socialist Web Site - 0 views

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      This article contains quite a bit of history regarding the history of photography, its categorization as art, and the life and work of Walker Evans.  The article calls Evans' a "great witnessing master of medium."  It discusses the reality captured in photography during the time period in which Allie Mae Burrough was photographed.
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Spyke's Graphic Design Blog: Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper- Cirtique - 0 views

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      This is a blog of a graphic designer who poses an interesting question regarding the photograph of Allie Mae Burroughs.  He asks viewers to consider Evans' use of various techniques and whether or not these techniques solicit empathy.  The designer himself further uses his expertise in describing his own interpretation of the work.
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Sharecropping | Themes | Slavery by Another Name | PBS - 1 views

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      Because Allie May Burroughs was a sharecropper's wife, I thought this website would be a good connective tissue between our two units.  The film "Slavery by Another Name" discusses sharecropping and how it replaced slavery but in turn forced people into another poor quality of life.  This gives us some background information on the type of life that was experienced by Evans' subject.
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OnInnovation : Rosa Parks - Activist, The Rosa Parks Bus - 0 views

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    The "OnInnovation" website is a really wonderful extension of the Henry Ford Museum.  The Henry Ford Museum is located in Dearborn, MI, very close to Detroit, where Parks resided.  It is known for having restored and exhibited the actual bus in which Parks refused to give up her seat.  This website provides video commentary on the life and impact of Parks provided by museum curators.  The photo is displayed here under the heading "Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Hero." On this site, we see that Parks expresses her desire to possess the same qualities as Septima Clark, a woman who was also in attendance at a seminar Parks attended on civil rights.  This is the first time I have seen a website include this quote by Parks recognizing Septima's influence.
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Rosa Parks in Montgomery Bus | Iconic Photos - 1 views

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    I appreciate the simplicity in the naming of this website.  "Iconic photos" is a blog of just that: iconic photos.  What better place to look for our photograph of Rosa Parks?  In addition to a photo itself, this website also provides some background information on each of the photographs as well.  The page dedicated to our class photo begins with Parks herself speaking in a personal quote about what drove her to refuse to give up her seat.  The site explains how this specific photo was not a candid shot, but posed. 
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Supreme Court Rules on Segregation | How Rosa Parks Fought for Civil Rights | Scholasti... - 2 views

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    As I was a big fan of the Scholastic book club flyers that I would receive in school, I was excited to see what their website had to offer.  The website contains resources for educators and young readers alike with sections dedicated to teachers, students, and librarians.  The site encourages literacy with the use of bold and colorful images.  The famed photo of Rosa Parks can be found in the section of the website entitled "Culture and Change: Black History in America."  Here, we see several pages dedicated to pivotal moments in Parks's life.  If you click on "court ruling" you will see the photograph.  This page informs us that the day after the segregation laws are deemed unconstitutional, Parks is accompanied by Martin Luther King, Jr. onto a city bus.  This shows us the magnitude of Parks's contribution to the cause.
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The Unyielding Activism of Rosa Parks - Anna Julia Cooper Project - 1 views

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    The Anna Julia Cooper Project website in dedicated to encouraging discussion about gender, race, and culture, with a particular emphasis on the role women have played throughout history.  To find out more about Anna Julia Cooper, a civil rights advocate herself, you can read her bio in the "about Anna Julia Cooper" section of the site. The link above is from a portion of the website celebrating the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington. It includes a biography of Parks, and includes insights into her life that may dispel myths about her personality and character.  The biography shows us that Rosa Parks's journey for racial equality began as a young child.  You may find this site interesting as it provides examples of Parks' other works unrelated to her famous bus sit in.  This knowledge altered my perception of the famed photograph, adding strength and confidence to her persona.
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Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies : NPR - 1 views

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    I love NPR!  For those of you who do not know NPR stands for National Public Radio: an organization delivering news over the airwaves, and now in many other waves as well.  I have the application for my iPad and absolutely love it.  This webpage is a memorial dedicated to the life of Rosa Parks at the time of her death in 2005.  Here you cannot only read about her accomplishments, but hear Mrs. Parks' voice from several recorded interviews.  Simply click on "Remembrance by Cheryl Corley" and a media player will appear and begin playing the broadcast.
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