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Sep 20

Obama: Women made the civil rights movement happen

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

To President Barack Obama, women of the civil rights movement were "the thinkers and the doers" whose toil and sacrifice benefited everyone in the country.

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Jul 13

How newspapers reviewed ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ in 1960

By Joshua Barajas

At a time when Jim Crow laws still gripped the U.S. southern states and the civil rights movement was beginning to hit its stride, Harper Lee was quietly developing two books that told the story of racism in the South.

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Mar 07

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Obama signs law honoring civil rights marchers

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Participants in three civil rights marches a half century ago are being recognized with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest honor awarded by Congress.

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Feb 04

Rosa Parks’ letters and photographs reveal a lifelong warrior for civil rights

By Ruth Tam

The Rosa Parks Collection of 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs are available to researchers at the Library of Congress on Feb. 4 and a portion will be open to the public on March 2.

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Aug 08

When Mississippi schools wouldn’t integrate, Freedom Schools opened doors

By April Brown, Mike Fritz

In the summer of 1964, hundreds of out-of-state volunteers joined local activists in Mississippi to increase voter registration among disenfranchised African Americans in the state. Many of the volunteers worked in the dozens of newly created Freedom Schools. Herbert Randall,…

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Jun 24

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50 years later, ‘Freedom Summer’ leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination

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A new documentary “Freedom Summer” looks back to the deeply segregated Mississippi of 1964, and the young people who came from around the country to lend a hand in the struggle against racism. For a look back at the moment,…

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Apr 10

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How the Civil Rights Act pioneered anti-discrimination laws in America

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Mar 17

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Beyond ‘Black Power,’ recounting the under-told story of Stokely Carmichael

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Jan 28

To everything there is a season: Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94

By Victoria Fleischer

Pete Seeger, the legendary folk musician who helped spearhead the American folk revival, died Monday night in New York City at the age of 94 from natural causes. Across more than seven decades, he inspired scores of singer-songwriters, activists and…

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Jan 20

Lost speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. surfaces in New York

By Stephen Fee

In November 2013, an intern at the New York State Museum in Albany, N.Y., uncovered the only known recording of a speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sept. 12, 1962, at the Park Sheraton Hotel in New…

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