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Fight for Racial Equality
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Ages: 10 - 18
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Thanks to the efforts of a humble Baptist preacher, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the law is bound to uphold equal rights for all people across the country, regardless of race, color, or creed. (02:35)
January 20, 2013 at 07:28 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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In the hours following the assassination of Dr. King, public figures like Jesse Jackson and Bobby Kennedy voiced their reactions publicly. (02:45)
January 14, 2013 at 07:15 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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Senator Ted Kennedy spoke to the thousands of people who came to Memphis to commemorate the death of Martin Luther King Jr. one year after his death. (01:43)
January 14, 2013 at 06:37 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes stresses racial equality in his introduction of African-American singer Marian Anderson, who performs a concert on April 9, 1939, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (5:16)
August 16, 2012 at 09:30 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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A report from Charleston, South Carolina, describes heavy voter turnout at the state's primary election on August 10, 1948. For the first time since the Reconstruction era, African-Americans were permitted to vote in a Democratic primary, after a fed...eral judge ruled their exclusion unconstitutional. (1:28)
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August 17, 2012 at 11:11 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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On June 29, 1947, at the closing session of the 38th annual conference for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Walter F. White, the organization’s executive secretary, warns that despite progress made in civil righ...ts, true equality can’t be achieved with a "separate but equal" mandate. (2:29)
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August 17, 2012 at 11:02 PM
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Ages: 7 - 13
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This is the original 1998 animated movie "Our Friend, Martin". (1:00:19)
January 24, 2013 at 10:23 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Watch a video about the rivalry between African-American leaders W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. (02:16)
January 30, 2013 at 07:33 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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We sit down with Lonnie Bunch, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, to hear his personal recollections of the events following MLK's assassination. (04:01)
January 14, 2013 at 07:18 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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"Who taught you to hate the color of your skin? Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair?" Malcolm X delivers a rousing and controversial speech focused on self hate in the black community with an overarching theme of empowerment on May 5, 196...2 in Los Angeles, CA. (03:31)
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November 27, 2012 at 11:53 PM
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