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J. Edgar Hoover saw Dick Gregory as a threat. So he schemed to have the Mafia ‘neutralize’ the comic. | Washington Post

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Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed by a deranged woman. At 29, he almost died. | The Washington Post

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50 Years After His Assassination, We Are No Closer to Realizing MLK’s Most Radical Dream | New York Whether we have made any progress toward realizing King’s more radical dream — the one he was chasing at the time of his death — is far less clear.

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Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience "...She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement."

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The Greenwood Food Blockade | Southern Foodways Alliance The White Citizens’ Council, SNCC, and the politics of food access

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Deacons for Defense provided protection when no one else would | USA Today Robert Hicks, Charles Sims and A.Z. Young started the first affiliate chapter in Bogalusa. The group’s intense confrontations with the Klan in Bogalusa was pivotal in forcing the federal government’s involvement on the behalf of the local African-American community.

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The Rev. Avery Alexander, a tireless warrior for justice: 1 of 300 | NOLA.com Two photos, taken 30 years apart, illustrate the Rev. Avery Alexander's indefatigable fight against racism and injustice.

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[VIDEO] Preview: ‘I AM A MAN’ Puts You at the Heart of the Civil Rights Struggle | Road To VR I AM A MAN is an upcoming interactive VR experience that lets you participate in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.

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End the isolation of Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown) | San Francisco Bay View Open Letter to the Bureau of Prisons and State of Georgia by Concerned Academics

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Rosa Parks Was My Aunt. Here’s What You Don’t Know About Her. | Shondaland This week would've marked her 105th birthday — it's time to move beyond the quiet seamstress narrative.