Civil Rights/Black Power
: Brian Jones The civil rights movement's lunch counter sit-ins--direct action protests against a hated symbol of Jim Crow segregation--began 50 years ago today.
February 1, 2010
In the final years of his life, Martin Luther King presented a radical critique of U.S. society and campaigned for fundamental and far-reaching change.
January 19, 2009
Members of the Black Panther Party gathered in Seattle to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the chapter's founding.
May 7, 2008
: Brian Jones Martin Luther King was assassinated 40 years ago in the midst of a struggle that he saw as part of the next stage for the civil rights movement.
April 3, 2008
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