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The best representatives of youth dissent? High school activists! with Aaron Fountain

Published 7 months ago

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High school organizers have much to teach us about young peoples' political priorities.

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References and suggested readings:

Aaron G. Fountain Jr. 2025. High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America. University of North Carolina Press.
Heather Ann Thompson. 2017. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. Vintage.
Elizabeth Hinton. 2022. America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s. Liveright.
R. F. Kuang. 2023. Yellowface: A Novel. William Morrow.
Deborah Taffa. 2024. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir. Harper Perennial.
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