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Study deeply the problem of slavery within the context of the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution…
Part II: Teenaged Integration Pioneers Endure a Lonely Spotlight [caption id="attachment_34711" align="alignright" width="217"] Gloria Sloan[/caption]…
Part I: Behind the Scenes, an Interracial Team Plans Integration Ellen Deitz Tucker In May…
While women have historically made up an overwhelming percentage of America's religious practitioners, their roles…
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[caption id="attachment_18260" align="aligncenter" width="321"] Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh and Martin Luther King Jr. at the…
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https://goo.gl/4WmEvJ. Fred Shuttlesworth and N. H. Smith were ministers in Birmingham, Alabama active in the…
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Originally Broadcast on CBS Reports: Filibuster—Birth Struggle of a Law, March 18, 1964. Available at…
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