The Telling of Civil Rights
Making History
English - September 02, 2013 04:58 - 17 minutes - 54.4 MB VideoCourses Education History la trobe university history modern history ancient history women's history chinese history greek history ancient greece civil rights Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The history of civil rights in the US has been dominated by debates on the role of Martin Luther King. Some historians have argued for a longer history of civil rights extending from well before King’s speech. Such a history incorporates, for example, the work of the union movement amongst black workers in the 1940s North and South.
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