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After Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, the Black Panthers advocated armed resistance.
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Barack Obama's election to the presidency exemplifies changing attitudes about race.
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Rosa Parks was a seasoned activist who planned her action on a Montgomery bus.
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Charles Hamilton Houston and Victor Hugo Green fought for equality.
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A look at the demonization of African Americans and the propaganda campaign against them.
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Hutchinson’s rebellion (also known as the Stono rebellion) was a failed slave revolt.
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Non-violent passive resistance required much preparation and mental strength.
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Six-year-old Ruby Bridges’ entry into a formerly all-white school provoked outbursts of ha
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Learn about the Great Migration, when African-Americans left the South in large numbers.
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The oppression of African Americans continued following the Emancipation Proclamation.
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White people resented African Americans’ prosperity, and their alleged equality.
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Learn about Plessy Homer and his calculated act that led to the case Plessy vs Ferguson.