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Stokely Carmichael

Inside the history of the Black Panther Party

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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

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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

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Also Known As	Kwame Ture
Born	June 29, 1941 • Port of Spain • Trinidad and Tobago
Died	November 15, 1998 (aged 57) • Conakry • Guinea
Notable Family Members	spouse Miriam Makeba
Role In	American civil rights movement • Freedom Rides • black nationalism

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Rubye Robinson

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Fred Shuttlesworth

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Diane Nash

Diane Nash

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Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Ella Baker

Ella Baker

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Bond, Julian

Julian Bond

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James Farmer

James Farmer

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James Lawson

James Lawson

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Henry MacNeal Turner

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Benjamin Mays

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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James Baldwin

James Baldwin

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Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray

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Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X

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Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan

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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.

Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About the American Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.

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The Black Panther Party gathers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a banner during the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, June 19, 1970.

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