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Articles with keyword "Civil Rights"

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Coming Full Circle in Civil Rights

Radio recalls the movement's evolution in five southern cities.

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I'll Make Me a World

From ragtime to Spike Lee, a film captures the kaleidoscope of cultural contributions made by African Americans in this century.

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“History Alive!”

A gallery of California notables are recreated in Chautauqua performances for the state's sesquicentennial.

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Racism to Redemption

A new film reveals George C. Wallace as a man who made a Faustian bargain for power but sought forgiveness at life's end.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

A documentary places the emphasis on Eleanor without Franklin.

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Stories Behind the Documents

Michael Gillette is preserving the past in Texas.

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A Tense Time in Tennessee

Thurgood Marshall wins a case and nearly loses his life.

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Brown v. Board

A Supreme Court ruling fuels the Civil Rights Movement.

Lady Bird Johnson and hostesses aboard the Lady Bird Special

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Lady Bird Special

The first First Lady to hit the campaign trail without her husband

Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic National Convention in August 1964.

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Living History in Mississippi

Oral history, an essential ingredient in capturing state's role in civil rights movement.