Civil Rights

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Why we need a second Freedom Summer in 2014

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National Civil Rights Museum re-opens in Memphis

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National Civil Rights Museum brings history to 21st century

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Google doodle honors civil rights activist Dorothy Height

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Ex-student says he did nothing wrong before arrest

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Civil rights leaders, activists mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma

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Sen. Tom Harkin: Civil rights nominee would have been confirmed if he were white

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NYC mayor Bill de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, to lobby Albany

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Senate blocks President Obama's pick for civil rights post

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FBI confirms activist Ray Robinson was killed in South Dakota in 1973

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Noose tied on Ole Miss integration statue of James Meredith

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Legacy of civil rights leaders source of fights

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How President Obama governs on civil rights

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Changes in the HBCU landscape may render black civil rights lawyers extinct

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The radical histories of Mandela and MLK

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How Mandela helped create the path for President Obama

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'Father of a Nation' Nelson Mandela through the years

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Nelson Mandela dead at 95: How the late icon brought black America and Africa together

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MSNBC contributors discuss JFK's impact on black America

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JFK appointed first black Secret Service agent on White House detail

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