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"The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps."
—— Lucy Parsons
Said to be “more dangerous than a thousand rioters," Lucy Gonzales Parsons was a labor organizer, incendiary public speaker, writer, and publisher. An outspoken anarcho-socialist, her white husband Albert was executed as part of the rushed trials following the Haymarket labor uprising.
Read about Lucy Parson’s life: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/lucy-gonzales-parsons/
Zinn Education ProjectLucy Gonzales Parsons - Zinn Education ProjectProfile. By William Loren Katz. Lucy Gonzales Parsons (c. 1853 – March 7, 1942) was a labor organizer and orator.
One of Lucy Parson’s famous speeches: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1886-lucy-parsons-i-am-anarchist/
www.blackpast.org · (1886) Lucy Parsons, "I am An Anarchist" •Lucy E. Parsons was a leading figure in American anarchism and the radical labor movement. Born a slave near Waco, Texas, she married Albert R. Parsons who had become a white radical Republican after serving first as a Confederate soldier. In 1873 Albert and Lucy … Read More(1886) Lucy Parsons, “I am An Anarchist”