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Unknown heroes: Charles Hamilton Houston and Lloyd Gaines
Lloyd Gaines... had been denied entrance to the law school at the University of Missouri because he was black.
View ArticleMLK: dead hero
"It is criminal to have people working on a full-time basis and a full-time job getting part-time income." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
View ArticleFlinching from the “new” Atticus Finch
Our view of the literary Atticus Finch is surely colored by our admiration for Gregory Peck, the movie actor.
View ArticleEsso, and the Green Book
Esso stations, unusual in franchising to African Americans, were a popular place to pick up a Green Book.
View ArticleMartin Luther King: Nobel Peace Prize speech
Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts.
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar turns 70
Kareem was the celebrity JEOPARDY! champion on the episode that aired Friday, November 6, 1998.
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