The Persistence

<p>In this episode of <em>The Persistence</em>, Angélica Cordero examines the breaking point of the 1960s, when the promises of the Civil Rights Movement collided with the reality of the Vietnam War, political violence, and a growing crisis of trust in American institutions.</p><p>By the mid-1960s, landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act suggested progress. But on the ground, racial inequality, police violence, and economic injustice persisted. Then 1968 reshaped everything.</p><p>The Tet Offensive exposed the gap between government messaging and the reality of the Vietnam War. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while organizing for labor and economic justice. Weeks later, Robert F. Kennedy was killed. Across the country, protests, uprisings, and political fractures revealed a deeper truth: the system wasn’t failing. It was functioning as designed.</p><p>Through the rise of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the emergence of Black Power, and the tensions within coalition politics, this episode explores how movements shift from demanding civil rights to confronting power itself.</p><p>This is a story about the 1960s, but it is also about how people recognize when the official narrative stops making sense and what happens next.</p><p>This episode was written by and produced by Angélica Cordero, with a little help from ChatGPT. </p><p>Our theme song is <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kid-yourself-baby"><em>Don’t Kid Yourself Baby</em></a> by <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.fm/">Fold</a>, used with their blessings. Podcast artwork for <em>The Persistence </em>features Mexican-American activist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar">Jovita Idar</a> and was created by Tamra Collins of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/sunroot.studio/">Sunroot Studio</a>.</p><p>Resources For Fellow Wascally Wabbits</p><p>Books</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/Norris070/mode/2up">The Day They Marched: 1963 March on Washington Booklet</a> edited by Doris E. Saunders</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1000687209">Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII</a> by Pauli Murray and Mary Eastwood (George Washington Law Review 34, No. 2 December 1965: 232-56p) (How and Why Was Feminist Legal Strategy Transformed, 1960-1973?, Women and Social Movements, Alexander Street)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520934214/html">The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II</a> by Luis Alvarez</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://mseffie.com/assignments/zoot_suit/Zoot%20Suit%20Text.pdf">“Zoot Suit”</a> performance and play full text</p><p>Links</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2019/03/a-million-vietnam-wars/">“A Million Vietnam Wars,”</a> (Blogs, Folklife Today, American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project, Library of Congress)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/invisible-giant-legacy-pauli-murray-jd-44-h-17-trailblazing-civil-rights-lawyer">“An Invisible Giant: The Legacy of Pauli Murray (J.D. ’44, H. ’17), Trailblazing Civil Rights Lawyer,”</a> (The Dig, Howard University)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/america-sees-truth">“America Sees the Truth,”</a> (Stories, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/baptist-street-church-bombing">“Baptist Street Church Bombing,”</a> (Famous Cases and Criminals, History, FBI)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1337728&#38;p=9858274">“The Civil Rights Movement and the March on Washington, 60 Years Later,”</a> (Library Guides, Libraries, University of Minnesota)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.albion.edu/news-article/history-heartbreak-and-hope-robert-f-kennedy-and-1968/">“History, Heartbreak, and Hope: Robert F. Kennedy and 1968,”</a> Dr. Wesley Arden Dick, (News, Albion College) </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/historical-profile-rev-dr-pauli-murray-65-jsd">“Historical Profile: Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray ’65 JSD,”</a> (Yale Law School Today, Yale University)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://time.com/5896410/ruth-bader-ginsburg-pauli-murray/">“In Previously Unseen Interview, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Shares How Legal Pioneer Pauli Murray Shaped Her Work on Sex Discrimination,”</a> (Time Magazine)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/jane-crow-story-pauli-murray">“Jane Crow & the Story of Pauli Murray,”</a> (Stories, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-2-1964-remarks-upon-signing-civil-rights-bill">“July 2, 1964: Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill,”</a> (The Presidency, Presidential Speeches, Miller Center, University of Virginia)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/pachuco/">“Pachuco,”</a> (Subcultures and Scenes, Grinnell College)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/sixties">“The Sixties,”</a> (Essays, History Resources, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/scarmichael.html">“Stokely Carmichael - Speech at University of California, Berkeley,”</a> (Black Speech, American Radioworks, American Public Media)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://americanarchive.org/primary_source_sets/tet-offensive">“The Tet Offensive,”</a> (Primary Source Sets, American Archive of Public Broadcasting)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2011-04-07/research/zoot-suit-all-american-fashion-changed-history">“The Zoot Suit: An All-American Fashion That Changed History,”</a> (Penn Today, University of Pennsylvania) </p><p>Other</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/WJZ-UNKN-145-001">”A Time For Change” from WJZ-TV</a> (Archive.org, 1965)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-lyAG4bkM">CBS Evening News Report from Vietnam</a> (February 27, 1968)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YI8J7n-60">CBS News Special Report</a> (January 31, 1968)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.49737">“The March on Washington” </a>(National Archives and Records Administration, Archive.org, 1963)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/newmood">"New Mood"</a> (National Educational Television and Radio Center, Archive.org, 1965)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/KennedySpeechDeathMartinLutherKing">Robert F. Kennedy announcing the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (Archive.org, April 4, 1968)</p><p>Support</p><p>It’s free, it’s fast, and it tells the algorithm overlords this work matters. Supporting <em>The Persistence </em>means supporting <em>all</em> of it: the podcast, the posts, the zine, the whole enchilada.</p><p>Send a post or an episode to a friend, a professor, or that cousin who loves debating politics at dinner.</p><p>One quick Apple Podcasts review does more than <strong><em>any</em></strong> marketing budget I don’t have.</p><p>Every coffee, every donation (and paid subscription) <strong>literally</strong> keeps the mic on and the stories flowing. </p><p><strong>Collaborate (let’s dream bigger): </strong>Educators? Creative? Filmmaker/Podcaster? Org with a mission? Let’s talk.</p><p>Follow us on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearethepersistence/">Instagram</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wearethepersistence">TikTok</a>, and share your thoughts with Angélica by emailing <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p><p><strong>Don’t forget to sign up for host Angélica Cordero’s newsletter, </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/"><strong><em>Obsessively Curious</em></strong></a><strong>!!</strong> It includes short insights that connect unlikely histories, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Obsessively Curious at <a href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>In this minisode of <em>The Persistence</em>, Angélica Cordero takes a hard look at the phrase <em>“If you see something, say something”</em> and what it’s really taught us about staying quiet, staying safe, and staying out of it. From civic culture to everyday behavior, this episode breaks down how silence often gets framed as maturity or common sense—when in reality, it can protect power and delay change.</p><p>Through moments in history, civil rights struggles, and cultural flashpoints, Cordero shows how refusal, disruption, and non-cooperation have always been part of how progress actually happens. Silence doesn’t just happen. It’s encouraged. It’s rewarded. And it has a history.</p><p>This episode explores:</p><p>* Why “staying out of it” is rarely neutral</p><p>* How power relies on compliance and quiet participation</p><p>* The real cost of opting out when things go wrong</p><p>* How refusal and non-cooperation create pressure for change</p><p>* Why these patterns keep repeating today</p><p>This episode was written by and produced by Angélica Cordero, with a little help from ChatGPT. </p><p>Our theme song is <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kid-yourself-baby"><em>Don’t Kid Yourself Baby</em></a> by <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.fm/">Fold</a>, used with their blessings. Podcast artwork for <em>The Persistence </em>features Mexican-American activist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar">Jovita Idar</a> and was created by Tamra Collins of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/sunroot.studio/">Sunroot Studio</a>.</p><p>Resources For Fellow Wascally Wabbits</p><p>Links</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2RqzVG4ag">“There’s Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater” - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW</a> (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)</p><p>Support</p><p>It’s free, it’s fast, and it tells the algorithm overlords this work matters. Supporting <em>The Persistence </em>means supporting <em>all</em> of it: the podcast, the posts, the zine, the whole enchilada.</p><p>Send a post or an episode to a friend, a professor, or that cousin who loves debating politics at dinner.</p><p>One quick Apple Podcasts review does more than <strong><em>any</em></strong> marketing budget I don’t have.</p><p>Every coffee, every donation (and paid subscription) <strong>literally</strong> keeps the mic on and the stories flowing. </p><p><strong>Collaborate (let’s dream bigger): </strong>Educators? Creative? Filmmaker/Podcaster? Org with a mission? Let’s talk.</p><p>Follow us on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearethepersistence/">Instagram</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wearethepersistence">TikTok</a>, and share your thoughts with Angélica by emailing <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p><p><strong>Don’t forget to sign up for host Angélica Cordero’s newsletter, </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/"><strong><em>Obsessively Curious</em></strong></a><strong>!!</strong> It includes short insights that connect unlikely histories, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Obsessively Curious at <a href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>In this episode of <em>The Persistence</em>, Angélica Cordero traces how some of the most consequential changes in history didn’t begin with explosions or speeches, but with stillness. Opening with a personal memory of watching <em>Jurassic Park</em> alongside her grandmother (who always knew exactly when someone was about to make a terrible decision), Cordero draws a sharp line between moments we recognize as obviously reckless and the real-life systems we’re taught to trust long past their breaking point. From Mahatma Gandhi’s strategy of non-cooperation to the Greensboro sit-ins, the rise of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Freedom Rides, and the student-led confrontations that defined the early 1960s, this episode explores how quietly refusing to play along can expose the lie underneath power. </p><p>With wit, cultural fluency, and a clear-eyed look at how systems react when compliance runs out, <em>The Persistence</em> invites listeners to reflect on the moment their own script cracked and what happens when stillness turns into momentum.</p><p>This episode was written by and produced by Angélica Cordero, with a little help from ChatGPT. </p><p>Our theme song is <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kid-yourself-baby"><em>Don’t Kid Yourself Baby</em></a> by <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.fm/">Fold</a>, used with their blessings. Podcast artwork for <em>The Persistence </em>features Mexican-American activist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar">Jovita Idar</a> and was created by Tamra Collins of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/sunroot.studio/">Sunroot Studio</a>.</p><p>Resources For Fellow Wascally Wabbits</p><p>Books</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/americadreamingh00hill">America Dreaming</a> by Laban Carrick Hill</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611526/legendary-children-by-tom-fitzgerald-and-lorenzo-marquez/">Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life</a> by Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://aura.antioch.edu/stubooks/49/">Persistence: Evelyn Butts and the African American Quest for Full Citizenship and Self-Determination</a> by Kenneth Cooper Alexander</p><p>Links</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://snccdigital.org/people/ella-baker/">“Ella Baker,”</a> (People, SNCC Digital Gateway, Duke University Libraries)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://snccdigital.org/events/founding-of-sncc/">“Founding of SNCC,”</a> (Events, SNCC Digital Gateway, Duke University Libraries)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://exhibits.library.cornell.edu/olin-50/feature/freedom-riders">“Freedom Riders”</a> in <em>1961: A Newborn Library and the World Beyond</em>, (Olin @ 50: Inspiration Since 1961, Cornell University Library)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://crdl.usg.edu/events/freedom_rides">“Freedom Rides,”</a> (Civil Rights Digital Library, University of Georgia Libraries)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://snccdigital.org/people/jane-stembridge/">“Jane Stembridge,”</a> (Events, SNCC Digital Gateway, Duke University Libraries)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/09/20/historical-row-the-civil-rights-movement-and-wesleyan-freedom-riders/">“The Civil Rights Movement and Wesleyan Freedom Riders,”</a> (2008 Issue 3, Historical Row, UpFront, Wesleyan University Magazine, Sep 20, 2008)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/08/23/the-creative-act-marcel-duchamp-1957/">The Creative Act: Marcel Duchamp’s 1957 Classic, Read by the Artist Himself by Maria Popova</a>, (The Marginalian, Aug 23, 2012)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/televised-address-to-the-nation-on-civil-rights">Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights</a>, (Historic Speeches, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.sitinmovement.org/museum-news/post/1996202/woolworth-s-lunch-counter-sit-in-remembered-by-those-who-witnessed-history">“Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in remembered by those who witnessed history,”</a> (Museum Events, International Civil Rights Museum and Center, Aug 13, 2022)</p><p>Support</p><p>It’s free, it’s fast, and it tells the algorithm overlords this work matters. Supporting <em>The Persistence </em>means supporting <em>all</em> of it: the podcast, the posts, the zine, the whole enchilada.</p><p>Send a post or an episode to a friend, a professor, or that cousin who loves debating politics at dinner.</p><p>One quick Apple Podcasts review does more than <strong><em>any</em></strong> marketing budget I don’t have.</p><p>Every coffee, every donation (and paid subscription) <strong>literally</strong> keeps the mic on and the stories flowing. </p><p><strong>Collaborate (let’s dream bigger): </strong>Educators? Creative? Filmmaker/Podcaster? Org with a mission? Let’s talk.</p><p>Follow us on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearethepersistence/">Instagram</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wearethepersistence">TikTok</a>, and share your thoughts with Angélica by emailing <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p><p><strong>Don’t forget to sign up for host Angélica Cordero’s newsletter, </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/"><strong><em>Obsessively Curious</em></strong></a><strong>!!</strong> It includes short insights that connect unlikely histories, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Obsessively Curious at <a href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>Christmas is often sold as a season of arrival and perfection, but its oldest stories tell something very different. In this episode of <em>The Persistence</em>, Angélica Cordero explores how modern Christmas imagery, from Santa’s familiar red suit to the feeling that the holiday should look a certain way, was shaped by 20th-century culture, then peels back the gloss to examine Christmas as a story of movement, displacement, and care. At the heart of the episode is <em>A Charlie Brown Christmas</em>, the 1965 animated special that defied television norms with its silences, real children’s voices, and sad little tree, shaped in part by Mexican immigrant animator Bill Melendez. From the nativity to Peanuts, this episode reflects on why stories that resist polish and certainty endure, and how belonging is often something we practice quietly, not something we’re handed.</p><p>This episode was written by and produced by Angélica Cordero, with a little help from ChatGPT.</p><p>Our theme song is <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kid-yourself-baby"><em>Don’t Kid Yourself Baby</em></a> by <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.fm/">Fold</a>, used with their blessings. Podcast artwork for <em>The Persistence </em>features Mexican-American activist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar">Jovita Idar</a> and was created by Tamra Collins of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/sunroot.studio/">Sunroot Studio</a>.</p><p>Follow us on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearethepersistence/">Instagram</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wearethepersistence">TikTok</a>, and share your thoughts with Angélica by emailing <a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p><p><strong>Don’t forget to sign up for host Angélica Cordero’s newsletter, </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/"><strong><em>Obsessively Curious</em></strong></a><strong>!!</strong> It includes short insights that connect unlikely histories, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show.</p><p><p>Thanks for reading Obsessively Curious! This post is public so feel free to share it.</p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Obsessively Curious at <a href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">obsessivelycurious.substack.com/subscribe</a>

<p>The latest episode of <em>The Persistence</em> opens with a very relatable childhood crisis: that first moment when a story you believed your whole life suddenly unravels. Host <a target="_blank" href="https://obsessivelycurious.substack.com/about">Angélica Cordero </a>uses this myth-busting moment as a bridge into a larger cultural awakening, tracing how early 20th-century art movements like Dada, Neo-Dada, Judson Dance Theater, and Fluxus began shredding America’s shiny narratives long before the 1960s demanded it. Along the way, she spotlights boundary-pushers such as Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, and Yoko Ono, revealing how their weird, radical, rule-breaking work was not just art but prophecy. These creators exposed cracks in the culture decades before the mainstream could admit the foundations were shifting. </p><p>This episode invites listeners to rethink the stories they were raised on, reflect on their own moments of disillusionment, and recognize why challenging the status quo has always been a necessary act of resistance.</p><p>This episode was written by and produced by Angélica Cordero, with a little help from ChatGPT. </p><p>Our theme song is <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.bandcamp.com/track/dont-kid-yourself-baby"><em>Don’t Kid Yourself Baby</em></a> by <a target="_blank" href="https://fold.fm/">Fold</a>, used with their blessings. Podcast artwork for <em>The Persistence </em>features Mexican-American activist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar">Jovita Idar</a> and was created by Tamra Collins of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/sunroot.studio/">Sunroot Studio</a>.</p><p>Resources For Fellow Wascally Wabbits</p><p><strong>Want the full context? Check out the episodes referenced here:</strong></p><p>Books</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo12527020.html">An Audience of Artists: Dada, Neo-Dada, and the Emergence of Abstract Expressionism</a> by Catherine Craft</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/autocritiqueessa0000rose">Autocritique: Essays on Art and Anti-Art, 1963-1987</a> by Rose, Barbara</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo18291671.html">The Experimenters</a> by Eva Díaz</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/marcelduchampfou0000camf/page/6/mode/2up">Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain: Its History and Aesthetics in the Context of 1917</a> by W. A. Camfield</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2154/chapter-abstract/248941/Neo-Dada-1951-54Between-the-Aesthetics-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext">Neo-Dada 1951-54: Between the Aesthetics of Persecution and the Politics of Identity</a> by Seth Mccormick</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/pop-art-and-the-origins-of-post-modernism/891E2BA54B2CB71F51BEDAF256FD7AF9">Pop Art and the Origins of Post-Modernism</a> by Sylvia Harrison</p><p>Specifically:</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/pop-art-and-the-origins-of-postmodernism/barbara-rose-pop-pragmastism-and-prophetic-pragmatism/37B62E8EE81AB70E1755A166D7823EF5">“Barbara Rose: Pop, Pragmatism, and ‘Prophetic Pragmatism’”</a>, p. 115–145</p><p>Links</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/arts/design/a-critics-defense-of-cattelan-banana-.html">A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana</a> by Jason Farago (New York Times, New York, Dec 8, 2019)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/in-depth/peggy-guggenheim/about-peggy/">About Peggy Guggenheim</a>, (Peggy Guggenheim, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://gildedage2.omeka.net/exhibits/show/highlights/movements/avantgarde">"The Avant-garde and the Society of Independent Artists"</a>, (Movements, Documenting the Gilded Age: New York City Exhibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century, New York Art Resources Consortium, New York, NY, 2011)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.byu.edu/history_of_the_fine_arts_music/dada">“Chapter 23: Dada”</a> by D. Rogers & Julianne Gough Hartley, (History of the Fine Arts: Visual Art, Brigham Young University)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/08/23/the-creative-act-marcel-duchamp-1957/">The Creative Act: Marcel Duchamp’s 1957 Classic, Read by the Artist Himself by Maria Popova</a>, (The Marginalian, Aug 23, 2012)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/marcel-duchamp-the-creative-act">The Creative Act</a> by Marcel Duchamp, (Convention of the American Federation of Arts in Houston, Texas, April 1957)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.openculture.com/2018/03/enter-digital-archives-of-the-1960s-fluxus-movement-and-explore-the-avant-garde-art.html#google_vignette">“Enter Digital Archives of the 1960s Fluxus Movement and Explore the Avant-Garde Art of John Cage, Yoko Ono, John Cale, Nam June Paik & More"</a>,” by Josh Jones, (Open Culture, Mar 15, 2018)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/127947">George Maciunas. </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/127947"><em>Fluxus Manifesto. </em></a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/127947">1963.</a>, (The Collection, MOMA, New York, 2025)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://aaep1600.osu.edu/book/01_Duchamp.php">Marcel Duchamp</a>, (Artist and Musician Biographies, AAEP 1600: Art and Music since 1945, Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, The Ohio State University, 2024)</p><p>“The National Purpose” series, Life Magazine</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3k4EAAAAMBAJ&#38;lpg=PP1&#38;pg=PA22#v=onepage&#38;q&#38;f=false">“‘LIFE’ Present a Crucial New Series: The National Purpose”</a>, (May 23, 1960, Chicago, IL, p. 23-41)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7U4EAAAAMBAJ&#38;lpg=PP1&#38;pg=PA86#v=onepage&#38;q&#38;f=false">Part II: Archibald MacLeish and Adlai Stevenson,</a> (May 30, 1960, Chicago, IL, p. 86-88, 93-102)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AE8EAAAAMBAJ&#38;lpg=PP1&#38;pg=PA108#v=onepage&#38;q&#38;f=false">Part III: David Sarnoff and Billy Graham</a> (Jun 6, 1960, Chicago, IL, p. 108-110, 117-126)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3E4EAAAAMBAJ&#38;lpg=PP1&#38;pg=PA98#v=onepage&#38;q&#38;f=false">Part IV: John W. Gardner and Clinton Rossiter</a> (Jun 13, 1960, Chicago, IL, p. 98-118)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5k4EAAAAMBAJ&#38;lpg=PP1&#38;pg=PA114#v=onepage&#38;q&#38;f=false">Part V: Walter Lippmann and Albert Wohlstetter</a>, (Jun 20, 1960, Chicago, IL, p. 114-116, 122)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/b/black-mountain-college/black-mountain-college-john-cage-merce-cunningham">"Performance Art, The Black Mountain College, John Cage & Merce Cunningham"</a>, (Art Terms, Tate, London)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.frieze.com/article/yoko-ono-music-of-the-mind-2024-review">The Restless Innovation of Yoko Ono</a> by Juliet Jacques, (Frieze, Feb 15, 2024)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-marcel-duchamp-broke-the-rules-and-shocked-the-art-world-again-and-again-180986868/">"See How Marcel Duchamp Broke the Rules and Shocked the Art World Again and Again"</a> by Eli Wizevich, (Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, D.C., Jun 27, 2025)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://d=">Yoko Ono, Cut Piece</a>, (Re.Act.Feminism, Berlin)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://theincubator.live/2016/12/16/yoko-ono-cut-piece-documented-by-the-maysles-bros-carnegie-recital-hall-new-york-march-21-1965/">“YOKO ONO, CUT PIECE documented by The Maysles Bros, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, March 21, 1965”</a> by Greg Letson, (The Incubator, Dec 16, 2016)</p><p>Other</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A1W4Wdki9o">Germany - Dada: and Alphabet of German Dadaism</a> documentary Helmut Herbst (1968)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y">John Cage on Silence</a>, (Jul 14, 2007)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zscZWRrFRbQ">Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done</a>, (The Museum of Modern Art, Feb 1, 2019)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhK3Ep4HiI0">Merce Cunningham’s Working Process</a>, (Walker Art Center, Jul 28, 2009)</p><p>Support</p><p>It’s free, it’s fast, and it tells the algorithm overlords this work matters. 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