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Civil Rights in America

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joint project from Footnote and Gannett. African Americans’ long struggle for basic civil rights sparked the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s. It is a movement that serves as a reminder that freedom is never free and continues to touch the lives of every American today.

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Vernon Dahmer Firebombing in Hattiesburg
Vernon Dahmer Firebombing in Hattiesburg
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The Assassination of Medgar Evers
The Assassination of Medgar Evers
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Four Little Girls: The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
Four Little Girls: The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
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The Mississippi Burning Case: Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner
The Mississippi Burning Case: Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner
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Martin King
Martin King
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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