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 …
History
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On April 19, 1959, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama, before the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. In this …
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The Lewis Hine Project takes us into the working class world of 100 years through the faces of children…
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Anyone who follows tennis knows the name Roland Garros – it’s the stadium that hosts the French Open each year. But who was the real Roland Garros?
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Elected to an unprecedented five terms as mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley remains one of the nation’s greatest racial pioneers.
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In the 1950s, Althea Gibson joined the ranks of trailblazers like Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Jesse Owens when she became the first Black woman to compete on the world …
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We’re watching highlights of Olympic opening and closing ceremonies past, tipping our hats once more to the Olympians who won our hearts years ago.
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The 1968 Summer Olympics were charged with political expression…
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Prim to groovy, sensible to cumbersome, fashion at the Olympics never ceases to fascinate.
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With the start of the Olympic Games today, London becomes the first city to host three times: in 1908, 1948 and now 2012. We take a look at the London …