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In spring 1963, African American civil rights activists in Alabama started the Birmingham campaign, a series of sit-ins, boycotts and marches against segregation laws. The peaceful demonstrations were met with violence, teargas and police dogs. The...
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Martin Luther King was assassinated 50 years ago. This is the powerful, prophetic speech he made to a packed church in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 April 1968, just a day before he was assassinated. King called for unity, economic actions, boycotts and ...
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Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement
Friends and family. Kinfolks and loved ones. I appreciate the dedication to this movement and the love that is being shared for all black people inside of the Americas and across the...