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Category: History
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Sarah Garland talks about the achievements and disappointments of desegregation.
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Lewis V. Baldwin calls for us to remember King’s global vision.
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This post originally appeared at Huffington Post. Today would have been the 100th birthday of Rosa Parks. To honor the day, we share these Ten Things You Didn't Know About Rosa Parks, compiled by Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. 1. Parks had been thrown off the bus a decade earlier by…
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In honor of the 94th birthday of Jackie Robinson, we share this story of how racism caused the Red Sox to let him get away.
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Now available in audiobook: The engaging and untold stories of fifteen prominent same-sex couples who defied cultural norms and made signifcant contributions to American history.
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She was more than just a tired woman on a bus. A new book looks at her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
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A new book looks at Martin Luther King’s vision for peace and justice worldwide.
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A roundup of suggestions for your new (or old) e-book reader.
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The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution tells the story of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party. Hewes story might have been lost to history if not for his longevity and the historical mood…
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Two people—a black woman and a white man—confront the legacy of slavery and racism head-on.
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