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ENGLISH - 7th Grade (Red Scarf Girl): Red Guards

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Testimony

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CHINA: RED GUARDS, c1967. Members of the Red Guard movement holding copies of 'Quotations from Chairman Mao.'

Photograph, c1967.. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017.
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Rally of Red Guards in Beijing, 1967.

Holding high the red covered 'Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung', young revolutionary fighters of the Red Guards Congress of Peking middle schools enthusiastically hail the establishment of the Peking Municipal Revolutionary Committee and the great victory of the proletarian revolutionary line represented by Chairman Mao. April 21, 1967.

Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Red Guard

18th January 1967: Members of the Red Guards in China, their mouths masked against flu germs on the orders of Chairman Mao, address the passing crowds as part of the cultural revolution.

Red Guard. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Man with dunce cap led through the streets of Beijing

January 25, 1967. In order to promote his Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong used radical student groups, such as the Red Guard, to impress Chinese Communist Party ideals on citizens. Anyone opposing these ideas often found themselves at the mercy of the Red Guard, including this government official forced to walk through Beijing wearing a hat advertising his offenses.

Encyclopedia of Modern China, 2009.

Benedict Library DataBase Resources

Chinese Red Guards Apologize, Reopening A Dark Chapter

Red Flower of China (book review)

Publishers Weekly, 15 Mar. 1993

Remorse Over Death Of Teacher In Mao Era

New York Times, 13 Jan. 2014

Confessions of the Cultural Revolution

New York Times, 27 Jan. 2014

'Answering Chairman Mao's call'

New York Times Upfront, 21 Nov. 2016,

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Jiang Qing (Mme. Mao) addressing the Red Guards, March 19, 1969.

 Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Chairman Mao Zedong applauding red guards at a parade in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, 1960s.

Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Mao Tse Tung

A young member of the Red Guard giving an honorary armband to Chinese Communist Leader Mao Tse Tung, also known as Mao Zedong

Mao Tse Tung. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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