Before Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to 250,000 people, a group of civil rights activists spent a summer planning an event many didn’t want to happen.
Tag: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)
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Biden to Create Monument to Emmett Till Amid Fights Over Black History
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the activism of his grieving mother helped galvanize the civil rights movement in America.
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Biden to Name National Monument for Emmett Till and His Mother
The monument, expected to be established on Tuesday, will consist of three protected sites in Illinois and Mississippi.
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Abby Phillip on Jesse Jackson’s Political Legacy
His runs for president are best remembered for moral imperatives and policy prescriptions that seem prescient compared with those of today’s Democratic Party.