Bombs. Clubs. Metal pipes. Severe beatings. Angry segregationists. This is what the Freedom Riders faced when they journ
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On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people descended on Washington, D.C. They came by bus, car, and bicycle. Some even
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Martin Luther King, Jr., called Birmingham, Alabama, the most segregated city in America. In 1963, he and other civil ri
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Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the s
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A deeply researched legal drama that documents this landmark First Amendment ruling—one that is more critical and contro
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Conducting dozens of interviews and consulting rich archival materials, Jon N. Hale weaves a social history of the Missi
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An in-depth account of the relationship between the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. An in-depth accou
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Led by the Office of Economic Opportunity, Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty reflected the president's belief th
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Many of us have grown up with the language of civil rights, yet rarely consider how the construction of civil rights cla
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