Black history month
North Carolina “Historic Thousands” march for economic justice
February 12, 2013Thousands poured out in for the Historic Thousands of Jones Street rally with the theme "Forward Together, Not One Step Back."
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Today in black history: NAACP founded
February 12, 2013On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - one of America's oldest civil rights organizations - was formed.
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Conversation: How Black freedom struggle shapes America
February 11, 2013Join People's World in celebrating African American History Month with a national teleconference presentation by Prof. Jamie Wilson.
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Virginia town was center of civil rights struggle
February 11, 2013Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 called the Danville Police Department one of the most brutal and vicious he had come across.
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Lincoln: principles and politics
February 8, 2013In this 150th anniversary year of the Emancipation Proclamation, we are fortunate to have Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals to help us understand Abraham Lincoln.
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