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Category: History
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In his final book, Martin Luther King, Jr., demanded an end to global suffering, asserting that humankind-for the first time-has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., officially opens to the public today. In honor of this historic event, we’ll be posting excerpts from books in The King Legacy series on Beacon Broadside every day this week.
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An excerpt from a book that provides a different view of the lives of African-American domestics from the one depicted in The Help.
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Now out in paperback: Charles Euchner’s powerful history of one of our nation’s most important moments.
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Michael Avery is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Suffolk University School of Law. Saturday, July 2, was Thurgood Marshall’s birthday, and it is high time President Obama remembers who Marshall was and what he meant to the struggle for civil rights and social justice in this country. Obama should announce now that at the…
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A few moments from Michael Bronski’s A Queer History of the United States.
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Whitey Bulger was arrested yesterday. Learn more about his impact in the community of South Boston and read an excerpt from Michael Patrick MacDonald’s memoir, All Souls.
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Beacon Press is celebrating Pride Month with a giveaway. Enter to win an autographed copy of A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski, a book The Bay Area Reporter called “A monumental achievement.” Watch our trailer for A Queer History of the United States on YouTube
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We note two important figures in America’s queer history.
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A new book looks at the links between the American civil rights movement and other freedom movements around the world.
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