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Articles with keyword "Segregation"

Black Muslim rally, Harlem, 1963

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Civil Rights and the Changing World

How history was made and how it's being written

Dave Brubeck

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DAVE BRUBECK: Ambassador of Cool

The master of West Coast jazz blends his music with his advocacy for human rights.

Percy Julian in a laboratory

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Percy Julian

A scientist makes inroads in chemistry and civil rights.

WWII soldiers

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War Stories: The American People in World War II

An epic film documents the experiences of the citizen soldier and his community.

James Meredith

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The Evolution of Ole Miss

Fifty years ago, James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi.

Asa Carter

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Self-made Man

How a strident segregationist transformed into the beloved author of Little Tree.

Robert E. Lee astride Traveller

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How Did Robert E. Lee Become an American Icon?

The man was remembered, but not his cause.

My Way, quilt, 1971 by Nell Hall Williams, 83” x 73”

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The Art of Survival

Quilts travel from Gee's Bend.

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The War 150 Years Later

As the sesquicentennial nears, a selection of past, present, and future humanities projects.

Students pose at the Rosenwald Pee Dee Colored School, South Carolina.

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Schools for the South

South Carolina remembers the era of Rosenwald schools.