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Category: Defying the Nazis

Beacon’s Bestsellers and Highlights of 2016

December 28, 2016

It’s December, which means it’s time for our holiday sale! All this month, get 30% off every purchase on our website using code HOLIDAY30. This year, we’re donating 20% of all sales in December to the Water Protector Legal Collective, which provides legal support for water protection activities in resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.…
Post-Election 2016 Reading to Inspire Action, Find Meaning, and Learn from Our History

November 21, 2016

The results of the 2016 presidential election have left many people in shock and disappointment. In a time where people are fearing that a new administration will work to reverse much of the progress made in the last eight years, we are left wondering what the future holds. How do we continue to fight against…
Defying the Nazis: Discovering the Heroic Legacy of Martha and Waitstill Sharp

May 5, 2016

By Artemis Joukowsky: It was 1976, and I was a freshman attending the Allen-Stevenson School in New York City. My history and social studies teacher, John Pariseau, assigned a class report on the subject of moral courage. Pariseau further instructed us to build our papers around a personal interview.