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(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”
By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans.  In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the
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Black Power movement
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‘Disgusting to Have Him There’: Kyle Rittenhouse's Booking Derailed By Death Threats As Kentucky GOP Candidate’s Fundraiser Booted from Venue
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COVID-19 blamed for one-year construction delay for MoBay bypass
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Man grabs Black reporter, yells 'f*ck her right in her p**sy'
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Sudan's Year of War, Non-Foreign Aid, and a Broken Gaza Pledge - the Cheat Sheet
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Africa: Does Alcohol Have an Undisclosed African Heritage?
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(1869) Frederick Douglass Describes The "Composite Nation"
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Ghana: Combat of Pandemic Not Fluke-Dr Oko-Boye
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White Student Hurls Racial Slurs, Threatens To Kill Black People In Video | The Michigan Chronicle
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Africa: Commemorative Message By His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob President of the Republic of Namibia, On the Occasion of the 57th Africa Day - the Africa We Want
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Kenya: Court of Appeal Rules Against SGR Project
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Matt Damon
Matt Damon , in full Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.), American actor, screenwriter, and producer who was noted for his clean-cut good looks and intelligent performances. He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay for Good Will Hunting
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(2017) President Barack Obama's Farewell Address
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Jones, Richard Lee (1893-1975)
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Black Panther Party
Founded in October of 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) became the most famous black power organization of the late 1960s.  Newton and Seale met in 1965 at Merritt College where they were exposed to a burgeoning wave of Black
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for ‘Shooting’ of Protesters
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