Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
Vicente Aleixandre, Poet (1898) |
Cass Canfield, Publisher (1897) |
Alice Cary, Poet (1820) |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Writer (1916) |
Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1798) |
Giancarlo Esposito, Actor (1958) |
April Glaspie, Diplomat (1942) |
Kevin James, Comedian (1965) |
Curtis Jones, Musician (1968) |
Greg Laswell, Musician (1974) |
Hasil Adkins, Musician (2005) |
Lucille Ball, Comedian (1989) |
Count Basie, Musician (1984) |
Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist (2005) |
Jill Dando, Journalist (1999) |
Celia Johnson, Actress (1982) |
Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1995) |
David Lavender, Historian (2003) |