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Mississippi Burning 1964: What Happened and Why It Still Matters

In the summer of 1964, three civil rights workers—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—disappeared in Mississippi. Their murders drew national attention to ra...

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Rosa Parks on the Bus: What Happened and Why It Still Matters

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, a seasoned activist and secretary of the local NAACP, refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger and move to the...

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