Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today. Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
Abbie Hoffman Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 activist in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"). Later he became a fugitive from the law, living under an alias and working as an environmentalist following a conviction for dealing cocaine.Hoffman was arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as a result of his role in protests that led to violent confrontations with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, along with Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner and Bobby Seale. Abbie_Hoffman
Montgomery Bus Boycott The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. It also had many important people that were all involved in eliminating bus segregation, such as Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
Invasion of Grenada The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was a non-United Nations-sanctioned invasion of the nation of Grenada, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 100 miles north of Venezuela, and over 1,500 miles southeast of the United States. After an internal power struggle on the island of just over 100,000, which ended with the deposition and execution of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the invasion began on October 25, 1983. Invasion_of_Grenada
Paul Krassner Paul Krassner (born April 9, 1932) is an author, journalist, stand-up comedian, and the founder, editor and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s. Paul_Krassner
Jap Jap is an English abbreviation of the word "Japanese." Today it is regarded as an ethnic slur, though English-speaking countries differ in the degree they consider the term offensive. In the United States, Japanese Americans have come to find the term controversial or offensive, even when used as an abbreviation. In the past, Jap was not considered primarily offensive; however, after the events of World War II, the term became derogatory. Jap
William Manchester William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 historian and biographer, notable as the bestselling author of 18 books that have been translated into 20 languages. William_Manchester
Geta (footwear) Geta (下駄) are a form of traditional Japanese footwear that resembles both clogs and flip-flops. They are a kind of sandal with an elevated wooden base held onto the foot with a fabric thong to keep the foot well above the ground. They are worn with traditional Japanese clothing such as kimono or yukata, but (in Japan) also with Western clothing during the summer months. Geta_(footwear)
Milton Caniff Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (February 28, 1907 April 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips. Milton_Caniff
Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota – November 2, 1981, Los Angeles, California) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature. Wally_Wood
Anti-Japanese sentiment Anti-Japanese sentiment involves hatred, grievance, distrust, dehumanization, intimidation, fear, hostility, and/or general dislike of the Japanese people as ethnic or national group, Japan, Japanese culture, and/or anything Japanese. Sometimes the term Japanophobia is also used. Anti-Japanese_sentiment
The Disneyland Memorial Orgy The Disneyland Memorial Orgy is a cartoon illustration created by Wally Wood for satirist Paul Krassner's radical humor publication The Realist. Published shortly after the death of Walt Disney, the artwork was commissioned by Krassner to portray the liberated behavior of the cartoon characters featured in many of Disney's animated films. The_Disneyland_Memorial_Orgy
Alvah Cecil Bessie Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was a New York City-born American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was imprisoned for ten months and blacklisted by the movie studio bosses for being one of the group known as the Hollywood Ten. Alvah_Cecil_Bessie
More Milk, Yvette More Milk, Yvette (1966) is Andy Warhol's tribute to Lana Turner and Johnny Stompanato. It features Warhol superstar Mario Montez in the role of Turner, and also features Paul Caruso and Richard Schmidt. Film is 33 minutes long, has never been commercially released on DVD or VHS, and is one of Warhol's least seen pieces from The Factory period. More_Milk,_Yvette
The Realist For the British intellectual monthly founded in 1929 see The Realist (magazine)The Realist, edited and published by Paul Krassner, was a pioneering magazine of "social-political-religious criticism and satire" in the American countercultural press of the mid-20th century. Although The Realist is often regarded as a major milestone in the underground press, it was a nationally-distributed newsstand publication as early as 1959. The Realist was the first satirical magazine to publish conspiracy theories. The_Realist
Dick Guindon Richard Gordon Guindon (born December 2 1935) is an American cartoonist best known for his gag panel, Guindon. Dick Guindon'Minneapolis Tribune, The Realist and the Detroit Free Press. During the late 1950s, Guindon attended the University of Minnesota where he drew cartoons for The Minnesota Daily, as recalled by Stan Gotlieb In the campus newspaper, The Minnesota Daily, a young, brash, twisted and immensely talented cartoonist named Dick Guindon put out social commentary in a Jules Feiffer vein but with more bite. Dick_Guindon