The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Preaching peace, yet struck down by violence, the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reshaped America’s urban spaces and fundamentally changed how the country remembers this civil rights leader.
Preaching peace, yet struck down by violence, the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reshaped America’s urban spaces and fundamentally changed how the country remembers this civil rights leader.
African Americans were closely involved in the fight against South African apartheid, with cultural icons, legislators, civil rights activists, and athletes all playing their part to call attention to the issue and to ultimately pass sanctions against South Africa.
The Civil Rights Movement owes much to the students who boldly sat down at segregated lunch counters
The tumultuous days of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Jesse Jackson and the radicalism of 1980s Black presidential politics
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