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This Alabama civil rights icon lived 110 years fighting for voting rights
She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were ...
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13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights Movement
In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to ...
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Marching for justice: John Lewis's journey as a civil rights icon
He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.
Former SMU students remember MLK Jr.'s inspiring 1966 speech on campus
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech on justice at SMU's packed McFarlin Auditorium in 1966.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
you'll find engaging exhibits on the civil rights movement and the D.R.E.A.M. Gallery, featuring additional exhibits. Next door to Ebenezer Baptist Church stands the Martin Luther King ...
Richmond5d
A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
But, it was without the backing of the civil rights groups because it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day's reach has only grown in its 42 years. It's the only ...
Fred Shuttlesworth, "The most courageous civil rights fighter in the South"
In Alabama, many have come through the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, but have you ever stopped to ask, why is it named Shuttlesworth?Well, the ...
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The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Physically, Jackson could hardly look less like Madrid, but the Summer Project—a statewide program of voter registration and other civil-rights ... Agitator Martin Luther King, Jr.,” or ...