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The Legacy of King’s Influence from Black Power to Black …

WebThe Black Panther Party's grassroots organizing reflected the core components of King's legacy and philosophical al approach to change. The Panther’s survival program’s …

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Poverty, Racism, and the Legacy of King’s Poor People’s …

WebBy Keri Leigh Merritt . Reflecting back upon the fifty years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one singular point always stands out, a searing reminder of what …

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Dr. King’s Dream Deferred: Poverty, & Economic Human …

WebWhile the poverty rate dropped from its first estimate in 1959 at 22.4% to a low of 11.1% in 1973, it has since risen, topping 15% during the mid-1980s, mid-1990s, and in 2010 in …

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Self-Destruction: A Case Study of Violence and Hip Hop

Webby Ryan M. Jones Museum Educator In March 2016, the National Civil Rights Museum opened a controversial exhibition entitled Kin Killin’ Kin. Artist James Pate has created …

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Defining the Dream: A Larger Vision for America and …

WebDefining the Dream. Each generation looks at history from a different perspective. As someone who came of age in the 1960s, I followed King’s agenda closely. When he …

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A Conversation with Ruby Bridges & Chelsea Clinton

WebWatch on. “ A Conversation with Ruby Bridges and Chelsea Clinton ,” is a virtual dialogue between two education advocates and authors on the intersection of race, class, gender …

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Communities for Immunity

WebCommunities for Immunity builds on a number of earlier and ongoing efforts to activate engagement in vaccine confidence work, including Vaccines & US, led by the …

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Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See exhibit

WebMamie Till-Mobley changed the world when she insisted it join her in bearing witness to the murder of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955. Her actions inspired …

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Voting Is Power National Civil Rights Museum

WebVoting Is Power 901 (VIP901) Voting is Power 901 (VIP901) is a joint campaign between the NAACP Memphis Branch and the National Civil Rights Museum …

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Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, Journalist, Reformer, 1818

WebFrederick Douglass, an icon of American history, was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Talbot County, Maryland in 1818. Born a slave, Douglass escaped to freedom …

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Special Announcement National Civil Rights Museum

WebA SPECIAL ALERT regarding the Coronavirus & MUSEUM CLOSING. The National Civil Rights Museum has been temporarily CLOSED to the public since Tuesday, March 17, …

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