Beloved poet and activist Maya Angelou was a source of inspiration and strength for millions of Americans from all walks of life.
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The movie “12 Years a Slave” tells the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and enslaved.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. impacted generations of Americans with his eloquent, nonviolent and unyielding demand for equality. It’s no surprise that many of us have memories of MLK, …
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. possessed a rare gift for eloquence that led to some of the greatest speeches and most profound observations of our time. Decades after King …
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Learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and the other great men and women who helped advance the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s and ’60s. Click the links below …
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On June 23, 1963, just two months before the historic March on Washington, about 125,000 people gathered in Detroit for what was then the largest single civil rights demonstration in American …
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On Sept. 15, 1963, four young girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Three days later, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. …
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On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a crowd of 25,000 marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights for African-Americans. At the conclusion …
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final address April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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As American TV’s First Black Superstar, Flip Wilson transformed television…