Civil Rights Movement

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March 19, 2013

How affirmative action foes are borrowing from the civil rights movement's playbook

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March 19, 2013

Olen Burrage, suspect in 1964 Klan slayings, dies

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March 11, 2013

'Bloody Sunday' bridge recognized as new national historic landmark

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March 4, 2013

The stabbing of Dr. King: New documentary delves into Izola Curry mystery

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February 27, 2013

Rosa Parks statue unveiled at Capitol in Washington DC

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February 25, 2013

New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader Whitney Young Jr

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February 24, 2013

John F. Kennedy holds complex place in black history

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February 21, 2013

Where does Jesse Jackson's family go from here?

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February 4, 2013

US Postal Service issues special Rosa Parks stamp

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February 1, 2013

Sandy Hook victim's open-casket channels Emmett Till

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January 23, 2013

Rosa Parks' 100th birthday to be commemorated with US postage stamp

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January 20, 2013

Celebrating the 'complete' Martin Luther King Jr.; unfinished work and all

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January 18, 2013

James Hood dies; defied segregation at University of Alabama

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January 17, 2013

MLK estate sues family of his former secretary

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January 16, 2013

MLK’s daughter Bernice King: Nonviolence message vital as ever

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January 2, 2013

Civil rights pioneer Julia Hill steps down at NAACP

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January 2, 2013

US Postal Service commemorates 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with new stamp

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December 18, 2012

Atlanta civil rights leader, businessman Jesse Hill Jr. dead

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December 17, 2012

Smithsonian exhibit parallels Emancipation, civil rights

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November 15, 2012

FBI has a history of investigating the personal lives of powerful people

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