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August 26, 2013 (August 26, 2013)

Shining a spotlight on women in the civil rights movement

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During the historic March on Washington in late August of 1963, hundreds of thousands filled the National Mall and many powerful voices of the civil rights movement took to the podium.  Few […]

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April 16, 2013

David Levering Lewis on MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King Jr. completed his open letter from Birmingham Jail. David Levering Lewis, writes in his book King: A Biography (recently released in a new […]

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