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Manning meant for his students to bridge the gap between the seminar room and the street, between theory and practice, between big ideas and the brutal realities of our present world.

A collection of tributes from friends, students and admirers of a man whose outsized impact on American letters will be felt for years to come.

A tribute to the recently departed scholar Manning Marable, by a close friend.

A tribute to the life of Jonathan Rowe, political activist and writer, by journalist and a friend of his, Russ Baker.

Weinglass devoted his legal career to making human rights more sacred than corporate profit.

Fitch was a brilliant and prolific radical journalist and troublemaker.

Fried was a guiding presence to Buffalo-area actors, writers and social activists.

Best known for a photograph of her and Bob Dylan that became the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Rotolo devoted her life to the progressive causes which had engaged her since well before she met the folk singer.

Remembering the progressive aide to Gabrielle Giffords who died in the attack in Tucson, Arizona.

Dagmar Wilson was one of those responsible for what Alice Munro calls the “great switch in women’s lives.”