'60's 'Freedom Summer' '90's style

Article Abstract:

The Freedom Summer 1996 is a voter registration drive that is similar to the Freedom Summer in 1964, which helped establish the civil rights legislation. The initiative calls upon college students across the nation to troop to California to help campaign against an attempt to dismantle affirmative action programs and discrimination laws in the state through a referendum. It was organized by the Campaign for Women's Rights and Civil Rights.

Student movements, Student protests, Civil rights movements

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A wrinkle in time

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A writer describes how her grandmother feels lost living alone in her old age in Los Angeles, since she is the only relative remaining in the family. The writer and her husband persuade her grandmother to leave her house in Los Angeles and move in with them in New York City, by promising her of the arrival of a baby in the family.

Analysis, Grandparent and child, Grandparent-child relations, Intergenerational relations

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Students make a difference in California primaries

Article Abstract:

An assessment is presented on the Mar 2000 CA primary elections as a proving ground for young political activists. Participants included high school students, who helped mobilize voters to go to the polls.

Political activity, Students, Demographic aspects, Voting

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