MOTD: Jun 21, 2021

Booking photographs of Ethel (left) and Julius Rosenberg (right)
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: Fantastic article published over the weekend, featuring deeply personal interviews with RFC Founder Robert Meeropol and RFC Advisory Board Member Michael Meeropol about… Read More

MOTD: Jun 19, 2021

Red square Rosenberg Fund for Children logo in white text
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: On the 68th anniversary of her grandparents’ execution, RFC Executive Director Jenn Meeropol shares her thoughts on another recent anniversary: April 5th marked exactly… Read More

MOTD: Jun 19, 2021

Graphic design with donor quote in white text (text in post), inside a dark gray box. Background is a photo of a forest looking from the ground up to the sky with treetops in the background, all with a black transparent overlay.
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Remembering the Rosenbergs today 💔

MOTD: Jun 19, 2021

Black and white photo from 1953 of Ethel/Julius Rosenberg's 2 sons as young children standing in front of the White House with their two guardians.
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In their final letter to their sons, Ethel & Julius Rosenberg wrote that they were "comforted in the sure knowledge that others would carry on after us." On this anniversary of their executions,… Read More

MOTD: Jun 18, 2021

Black and white photo of Ethel & Julius Rosenberg posing for a photo in the park. Both are seated, Ethel's arms are around Julius.
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: As we anticipate tomorrow's anniversary of the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, we can't help but think of the communities of support who kept hope alive and… Read More

MOTD: Jun 16, 2021

Red square Rosenberg Fund for Children logo in white text
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We're holding space in our hearts for two momentous anniversaries this week. Being fully in the joy and fully in the grief, as life so often calls upon us to do:

MOTD: Jun 15, 2021

Close-up still frame, in color, of Meryl Streep portraying Ethel Rosenberg in the film "Angels in America"
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: Excerpted from her biography "Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy," Anne Sebba's new essay for Lit Hub explores the influence of the Rosenberg trial, the Red Scare era… Read More

MOTD: Jun 14, 2021

Close-up, black and white photo of Billie Holiday singing
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Strange Fruit Mention of the Day: The lyrics to "Strange Fruit" were not subtle; the song's author Abel Meeropol juxtaposed the "pastoral scene of the gallant south" against graphic depictions of… Read More

MOTD: Jun 10, 2021

Close-up, black and white photo of Ethel & Julius Rosenberg at Sing Sing, seated and separated by a chain link fence, facing forward.
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: Wow! Anne Sebba (Ethel Rosenberg's biographer) published in TIME today: "I fervently believe 2021 is a potent time to look again at Ethel as a woman in her own right,… Read More

MOTD: Jun 10, 2021

Close up on Ethel Rosenberg's face, black and white photograph.
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: "The reason why I believe Ethel’s story is as important today as ever is to realize what can happen when fear, a forceful and blunt weapon in the hands of authority,… Read More

MOTD: Jun 09, 2021

Caption: In disaster patriarchy, women lose their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed on to the frontlines, unprotected, to be sacrificed. Illustration: A pair of clasped hands shields the faces of five femme presenting people against a hailstorm of arrows. By: Hanna Barczyk/Purple Rain/The Guardian
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Artists as Activists Mention of the Day: The latest from V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of "The Vagina Monologues," and an RFC advisory board member. A powerful take on how societies the world wide… Read More

MOTD: Jun 08, 2021

Book cover of "Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy"
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: We're pleased to announce that Anne Sebba's new biography "Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy" is available today! It is a powerful and intimate look into Ethel's life… Read More

MOTD: Jun 04, 2021

Collage of iconic Black musicians
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Strange Fruit Mention of the Day: "An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.” -Nina Simone #artistsasactivists #strangefruit

MOTD: May 25, 2021

Artwork described in post. Credit: Percy C. King American, born 1977 Strange Fruit 2020 Birch plywood, Masonite, compressed particle board, and pigment Museum Purchase, Derby Fund
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No more #strangefruit. #artistsasactivists #justiceforgeorgefloyd

MOTD: May 24, 2021

Black and white photo of Billie Holiday singing at the microphone, close-up, cropped to see only her face. Her hair is done up with her signature white gardenia flower tucked behind her ear.
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Strange Fruit Mention of the Day: Billie Holiday was initially hesitant to perform "Strange Fruit," an anti-racist protest song written by a communist poet and teacher, Abel Meeropol. And for good… Read More

MOTD: May 19, 2021

Portrait of Nina Simone in black and white, she is centered against a black backdrop. Her right arm crosses her body. She looks down and to her left.
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Strange Fruit Mention of the Day: "Many decades after it was first recorded by Billie Holiday, 'Strange Fruit' continues to be terrifyingly resonant. The song, which verbalizes the horrors of racism… Read More

MOTD: May 13, 2021

Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt, honored guest at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party marking the opening of a canteen for the United Federal Workers of America, a trade union representing federal employees, in then-segregated Washington, D.C. Photographed by Joseph Horne for the Office of War Information, 1944. Credit: Wikimedia.
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Artists as Activists Mention of the Day: In his fascinating review of Aaron Leonard's new book, The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party,… Read More

MOTD: May 12, 2021

Black and white photo of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg seated outdoors. Ethel wears a light colored dress and kneels with her arms around Julius's shoulders. Julius sits cross-legged and wears a white shirt, dark pants, and glasses. They are both smiling.
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Rosenberg Mention of the Day: 103 years ago today (on May 12, 1918) Julius Rosenberg was born in New York City. Julius & Ethel, the inspiration of the RFC, believed that others would carry on… Read More
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