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Audre Lorde, born on this day in 1934, was a queer feminist author and socialist activist. Among her works are "The Black Unicorn" and "Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems". "Without community, there is no liberation."
Image: Audre Lorde, unknown year. Photo credit to Jack Mitchell.
Lucio Urtubia, born on this day in 1931, was an anarchist from Spain who aided anti-fascist movements all over the world, once forging $20 million dollars worth of Citibank travelers's checks to aid Latin American guerilla movements.
Toni Morrison, born on this day in 1931, was an American writer, public intellectual, and educator, author of "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye". "Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another."
Image: Toni Morrison holding a manuscript. Photo credit to Jack Mitchell.