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Civil Rights Conference
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1
1966
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Boykin, Keith (1965- )
Author, commentator, speaker, political advisor, and columnist Keith Boykin was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 28, 1965 but was raised in the suburb of
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Aug
28
1965
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Sep
11
1962
African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896)
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First African American
Harry S. McAlphin - First African American to accredited to attend White House press conference.
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8
1944
Mona K. Sutphen
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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
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14
1936
Parker, Maurice S. (1949- )
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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
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14
1963
Harriet Tubman on the Twenty Dollar Bill
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White, V. Ethel Willis (1920-2003)
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Wiggins, Thomas “Blind Tom” (1849-1908)
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13
1908
Spearman, Leonard H.O. (1929-2008)
Dr. Leonard Hall OConnell Spearman was the U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda and Lesotho. A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Spearman was born July 8, 1929. In 1947 Spearman graduated from Florida A&M College (now Florida A&M University), in Tallahassee, Florida, with a B.S. in biological
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(1964) Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet”
By March 1964, Malcolm X had broken with the Nation of Islam.  In the speech below, given on April 3, 1964 in Cleveland, he explains his departure and his reason for establishing a separation between his religion and his politics.  He also makes clear that those politics are still rooted in black
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3
1964
I have a dream - Martin Luther King and the March on Washington in full HD
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Mercer, Mabel Alice Wadham (1900-1984)
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1902
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