Civil Rights Movement

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November 2, 2012

Massachusetts legislative candidate denies Rosa Parks 'gimmick' comment

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October 11, 2012

Statue of Fannie Lou Hamer unveiled in Mississippi

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October 1, 2012

50 years later, University of Mississippi marks integration

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August 21, 2012

New Martin Luther King Jr audio found

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August 10, 2012

Tapes from LBJ White House reveal Johnson's progress on civil rights

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August 8, 2012

Harry Belafonte: Jay-Z, Beyoncé 'have turned their back on social responsibility'

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August 5, 2012

Late Sen. Robert Byrd sought FBI files of civil rights leaders

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July 31, 2012

Remembering Thelma McWilliams Glass, a hero of the Montgomey bus boycott

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July 26, 2012

Thelma McWilliams Glass, Alabama bus boycott organizer, professor dies at 96

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July 23, 2012

For Detroit, 1967 riots continue to cast long shadow

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July 13, 2012

Legacy of Booker Wright, waiter murdered after speaking out on 'whites only' restaurant in Mississippi

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June 19, 2012

Ex-inmate sues reputed Klansman in Miss. dispute

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May 29, 2012

Sharon La Cruise remembers forgotten female civil rights hero in 'Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock'

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May 28, 2012

Harry Truman and the desegregation of the military: A timeline

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May 28, 2012

How black WWII vets helped lead the civil rights movement

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May 18, 2012

Judge, lawyers drained Rosa Parks estate says attorney

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May 16, 2012

Bayard Rustin: Black Americans can’t ignore openly gay icon’s contribution to civil rights movement

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May 8, 2012

National Cathedral to install statue of Rosa Parks

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April 20, 2012

Obama sits in Rosa Parks' famous bus seat

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March 25, 2012

'Mad Men' makes rare nod to civil rights movement

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