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March on Washington
How Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage in the U.S.
Each section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, explained
Nelson Mandela: 1994 election Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: statue
What is the history of same-sex marriage?
same-sex marriage: U.S. demonstration
Analyze how the U.S. Supreme Court changed under U.S. Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and learn about its role in the civil rights movement
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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Rosa Parks 1913-2005, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. Fingerprinting Parks is Deputy Sheriff D .H. Lackey. December 1, 1955.
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Spike Lee at the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
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Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
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How Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage in the U.S.
On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Virginia law banning interracial...
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Each section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, explained
Decades later, the Civil Rights Act is still a critical piece of American legislation.
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What is the history of same-sex marriage?
The definition of marriage as a legal and social concept has a long and complex history.
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Analyze how the U.S. Supreme Court changed under U.S. Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and learn about its role in the civil rights movement
Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education...
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March on Washington
Civil rights supporters carry placards at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-03128)
Nelson Mandela: 1994 election
Nelson Mandela voting in South Africa's historic 1994 election, the first time in...
JOHN PARKIN/AP Images
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: statue
Statue of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
© Manohar S/Fotolia
same-sex marriage: U.S. demonstration
Demonstrators in favour of same-sex marriage protesting in front of the U.S. Supreme...
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