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The Village Voice's photographers captured change, turmoil unfolding on New York City's streets

  • Written by Tamar Carroll, Associate Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology
When The Village Voice shut down in August, the city's protest movements lost one of their biggest champions.Nick Lehr/The Conversation

When The Village Voice, the nation’s first alternative weekly, closed in late August, social justice movements lost one of their biggest cheerleaders.

Founded in 1955, the Voice aggressively covered civil...

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