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    She Took Justice

    Author and civil rights attorney Gloria Browne-Marshall discussed the impact of the justice system on African American women’s quest for equal treatment. This program was held by the Nationa…

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    Taylor Branch on the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Historian Taylor Branch, author of a trilogy of books on the civil rights era, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, spoke about the li…

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    After Life

    Alice Marie Johnson discussed her time in prison and President Trump’s commutation of her sentence in 2018.

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    Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination 50th Anniversary Commemoration

    An outdoor service from Memphis commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. The ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum’s plaza in front of the preserv…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Social Activism

    On the 50th anniversary commemorating the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., past and present civil rights leaders that included Representative John Lewis (D-GA), Marian Wright Ede…

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    Death of a King

    Tavis Smiley talked about his book, Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year, in which he focuses on the final year of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life. The t…

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    National Civil Rights Museum Tour

    In May 2011, historian Richard Norton Smith led a 10-day bus tour from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas. The group stopped at several presidential and historic sites along the rout…

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    Sugar of the Crop

    Sana Butler talked about and from Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves (The Lyons Press; January 23, 2009). In the book she presents the story of a quest to find the …

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    A Slave No More

    David Blight talked about his book A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation, published by Harcourt. He spoke briefly about the history…

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    Tour of Graceland and Memphis

    President Bush, Prime Minister Koizumi, and first lady Laura Bush visited Graceland, the home of the late entertainer Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tennessee. They were shown being welcomed to …

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    The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks

    Randall Robinson talked about his book The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks, published by Dutton. In the book, the author argued that the United States should compensate blacks for slavery …

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    National Civil Rights Symposium Part 2

    Participants discussed the impact of the Voting Rights Act on minority participation in the political system. They focused on a variety of issues, including recent court cases concerning ger…

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    National Civil Rights Symposium Part 1

    Participants discussed the impact of the Voting Rights Act on minority participation in the political system. They focused on a variety of issues, including recent court cases concerning ger…

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    Freedom Awards

    The National Civil Rights Museum awarded Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women, and Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel, its Freedom Award.

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    Conference on Freedom Keynote Speech

    Former President Jimmy Carter gave the keynote address at an annual forum on College Campus Race Relations.

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