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Category: Why We Can’t Wait
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, we’ve put together a list of essential books that we hope will inspire future generations to come together for progressive social change.
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With a new school year just around the corner, students are stocking up on supplies and teachers are polishing their curriculum plans. To help the latter, Beacon offers guides to help in teaching many of our most popular titles. Find these and other teachers guides at our Scribd page and at Beacon.org. Psst: if you're…
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April 16th marks the 50th anniversary of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” a passionate response by Dr. King to eight white clergymen who argued that racial segregation should be fought in the courts and not by protest in the streets.
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The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a courageous leader of the civil rights movement, died today at the age of 89. You can read his obituary at the New York Times or at the Washington Post. In Rev. Shuttlesworth’s memory, we share the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: There was one threat to the reign of white supremacy in…
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“I thought of twenty million black people who dreamed that some day they might be able to cross the Red Sea of injustice and find their way to the promised land of integration and freedom. There was no more room for doubt.”
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Excerpts and multimedia for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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