Radical History Blog

84 years ago, one of the fiercest progressive voices in Depression-era America fell silent. The story of Huey Long is a reminder of Americans’ age-old capacity to dream of a more progressive economy.

On the anniversary of his murder in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet’s thugs, we reflect on the inspiring life and times of Chilean musician Víctor Jara.

56 years ago today, four young girls were murdered at a black church in Alabama in an act of white supremacist terrorism.

The birthday of suffragette Annie Kenney is a good time to reflect on the Radical History of Manchester and the North West – a longtime bastion of progressive politics in the UK. Today marks 140 years since the birth of Manchester feminist legend .

Today in 1913, Jesse Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama. Two decades later, in Hitler’s Berlin, he won an Olympic 100m Gold which put a stake through the heart of Nazi racial ideology for all the world to see.

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The late American historian Howard Zinn was born today in 1922.

Today all the way back in 1305, the Scottish rebel Sir William Wallace was executed in London. The death of the Scottish outlaw has long since become a symbol of freedom, in Scotland and beyond.

After decades of feminist persistence, the 19th Amendment was ratified 99 years ago today. Tennessee provided the winning margin - by just a single vote. Tennessee’s given a lot to America. Country music, Jack Daniels, Aretha Franklin.

200 years ago today, a march at St Peter's Field saw government soldiers attack a peaceful gathering of Mancunian workers, who were out demanding the right to vote.