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Adrienne Maree Brown: Octavia Butler’s Visions of the Future Have Transformed Generation of Readers

By adrienne maree brown — 2021

The visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler died 15 years ago on February 24, 2006, but her influence and readership has only continued to grow since then. In September, Butler’s novel “Parable of the Sower” became her first to reach the New York Times best-seller list. See more...

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How Billie Jean King Changed Gender Equality in Sports

Former tennis star Bobby Riggs bragged that he could beat any female tennis player. In 1973, he met his match when he faced top-ranked Billie Jean King in a televised event dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.”

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