intellectuals
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Yet other scholars, activists and intellectuals have their takes, too, on the Harlem Renaissance’s many political movements and bids for Black self-determination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He ignores important studies of literacy and popular reading while he quotes from studies of unrepresentative intellectuals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The decade-long episode instigated by Mao in 1966 saw intellectuals brutally targeted as "class enemies" and schools shuttered, setting China back for years in education and development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Born in Minnesota, Bill Niman found himself in Bolinas in 1969, where he befriended lefty intellectuals who were critical of factory farming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
So in 1649, when Queen Christina of Sweden invited him to join the circle of intellectuals that she was gathering in Stockholm, Descartes leaped at the chance.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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