https://www.civicsunchained.com/fabulous-forgotten-americans daily 0.75 2026-09-07 https://www.civicsunchained.com/fabulous-forgotten-americans/upton-sinclair-he-raked-a-lot-of-muck monthly 0.5 2026-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67ed73d456b2f67e13944367/854ef160-01bf-4dff-8f03-386db710d88c/sinclair+quote.jpg Fabulous Forgotten Americans - Upton Sinclair: He raked a lot of muck… - Perfect aim, Upton. Born in 1878 in Baltimore, Upton Sinclair was a "muckraker"—a journalist dedicated to exposing corruption and society’s "muck." His book, The Jungle, revealed the filthy and brutal conditions of the late-1800s meatpacking industry. The industry owners threw every piece of every animal, diseased or healthy, into the meat they packaged and sold to the public. There was no FDA- Food and Drug Administration. 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New regulations prohibited giving opium or alcohol laced medicines to children and babies. https://www.civicsunchained.com/fabulous-forgotten-americans/yuri-kockiyama-civil-rights-all-star monthly 0.5 2026-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67ed73d456b2f67e13944367/68a66adf-157b-4b29-93b0-f65c34bfe744/Jap+Amer+boys+intern.jpg Fabulous Forgotten Americans - Yuri Kochiyama: Civil Rights All Star - Interned Japanes American boys Young Japanese Americans learning about what being “interned” behind barbed wire and what the limits of their life would be for the next few years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67ed73d456b2f67e13944367/141be786-ec95-4781-b5b9-6f61fc50e691/YuriKochiyama.jpg Fabulous Forgotten Americans - Yuri Kochiyama: Civil Rights All Star - Kochiyama and her husband worked during the 1980’s for reparations to the Japanese Americans who lost so much during their internment in World War II, “… and in 1988, The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 made an official apology and authorized payments to former internees.” https://exhibits.stanford.edu/riseup/feature/yuri-kochiyamat Called a Chinese Agent by the American government, she nevertheless held weekly organizing meetings in her Oakland, CA home and her children, especially her daughter Audee, followed in her footsteps. https://www.civicsunchained.com/fabulous-forgotten-americans/moving-robe-courageous-woman-surrounded-by-braves monthly 0.5 2026-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67ed73d456b2f67e13944367/8330ee2f-8d5a-47df-861f-b3576d3d759a/2moving+robes+woman.jpg Fabulous Forgotten Americans - Moving Robe, courageous woman surrounded by braves. - Make it stand out Moving Robes woman joined the braves to take on General Custer. 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