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Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement Ahead of the March on Washington’s 50th Anniversary

On the morning of August 28th 1963, the idea of America was tested and in the sounds of feet stepping and buses parking, there was a sign early that day that something would happen. It would not be a normal day, in Washington, in America, in the world. For hours the crowds gathered, for the […]

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