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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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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.
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In 1958, Mildred Loving, a black woman, and her white husband, Richard Loving, went to Washington to get married. After they returned to Central Point, police raided their home and arrested them
50 Years Ago: Loving v. Virginia
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
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Police began to move in the area of 12th Street and Clairmont as hundreds of people fill the street with violence gaining momentum during the 1967 Detroit Race Riot.
The Riots of the Long, Hot Summer
Selma March Infographic. Selma to Montgomery marches, March 1965. Alabama. United States.
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Participants, some carry American flags, march in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. in 1965. The Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama., civil rights march, 1965. Voter registration drive, Voting Rights Act
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Calendar marking march 15th
22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered
Lead image for "A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps"
A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.
What Is the Emoluments Clause?
Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona
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Also Known As Rubye Doris Smith
Born April 25, 1942 • Atlanta • Georgia
Died October 9, 1967 (aged 25) • Atlanta • Georgia
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.
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