Along with Parks’ many achievements, she also shared the challenges she faced along the way, including the death threats levied at her because of her work.
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Watch the Electrifying Conclusion of Dr. King’s Final Speech | Colorlines
King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.
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Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience
“…She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement.”
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The Civil Rights Pastor Who Declared ‘I Am a Man’ | The Daily Beast
James Lawson was a Civil Rights icon who saw the need for the fight to include economic inequality. He also unintentionally doomed King by inviting him to Memphis.
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[VIDEO] Preview: ‘I AM A MAN’ Puts You at the Heart of the Civil Rights Struggle | Road To VR
I AM A MAN is an upcoming interactive VR experience that lets you participate in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.
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Remembering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike | AFRO
A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”
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Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. King’s Strategist and a Harlem Leader, Dies at 88 | The New York Times
“If it wasn’t for Birmingham, there wouldn’t have been a Selma march, there wouldn’t have been a 1965 civil rights bill.”
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Noted AME Bishop and Theologian, John Hurst Adams, Dies at 90 | AFRO
Bishop John Hurst Adams, one of the staples of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, died recently at the age of 90.
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Ibram Kendi, one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, says education and love are not the answer | The Undefeated
Founder of new anti-racism center at American University sees impact of policy, culture on black athletes.
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Activist DeRay Mckesson sues Fox News, media personality Jeanine Pirro for defamation | The Baltimore Sun
Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson has sued Fox News and media personality Jeanine Pirro, alleging she defamed him while discussing a lawsuit brought against the Black Lives Matter movement.
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