Civil Rights Movement

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August 19, 2013

theGrio’s user survey on the ‘March on Washington’

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August 16, 2013

Lee Daniels joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss ‘The Butler’

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August 15, 2013

Jesse Jackson, MLK and Malcolm X: Civil rights dynasties in shambles

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August 13, 2013

John Lewis’ graphic novel tells his civil rights story

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August 13, 2013

Alabama panel targets segregationist wording in law

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August 9, 2013

National Black Justice Coalition applauds Bayard Rustin recognition by Obama

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August 8, 2013

Obama’s March on Washington speech will be one of the most important of his presidency

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August 7, 2013

Obama to speak at Let Freedom Ring ceremony

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August 5, 2013

Bayard Rustin honored by LGBT group 50 years after March on Washington

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July 31, 2013

Don’t call it a comeback — Belafonte has been here for years

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July 29, 2013

Franklin McCain, 53 years after Greensboro sit-ins, sees parallels in current North Carolina rights battles

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July 25, 2013

Emmett Till would have been 72 years old today

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July 24, 2013

Willie Louis, witness to Emmett Till lynching, dies in Illinois at 76

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July 23, 2013

How Obama’s Trayvon Martin remarks fit into fabric of presidential history

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July 22, 2013

Rep. John Lewis draws large crowd at Comic-Con for ‘March’ segregation graphic novel

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July 17, 2013

Trayvon Martin, Emmett Till and the shadow of Jim Crow justice

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July 11, 2013

'Southern Avenger' scandal puts Paul family racial track record back in spotlight

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July 4, 2013

Frederick Douglass helps us put July 4 in perspective

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June 28, 2013

Gay rights or civil rights, the struggle is American

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June 25, 2013

Rep. John Lewis: Supreme Court ‘stabbed’ landmark civil rights law ‘in its very heart’

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