Alexander Demitri "Alex" Shimkin (October 11, 1944 – July 12, 1972) was an American war correspondent who was killed in the Vietnam War. He is notable...
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born January 15, 1929). In contrast to his peacemaking brother, Martin, A. D.—according to his father—was "a little rough at times" and "let his toughness...
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Leon Shimkin (April 7, 1907 – May 25, 1988) was an American businessman who helped to build Simon & Schuster into a major publishing company. Shimkin was...
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the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2013. McFadden, Robert D. (July 22, 2020). "Charles Evers, Businessman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies...
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with Marissa Alexander and called for Angela Corey to use her influence to get Alexander's 20-year sentence reduced. He contrasted Alexander's sentence with...
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Washington, D.C., for instruction and training. Following his training, Johnson asked Undersecretary of the Navy James Forrestal for a job in Washington, D.C....
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the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2020. Burns, Alexander; Martin, Jonathan (February 19, 2020). "Warren Leads an Onslaught of Attacks...
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Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2007. R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, states...
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"President Clinton Awards the Presidential Citizens Medals". Washington, D.C.: The White House (whitehouse.gov), archived by the National Archives and...
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Montgomery bus boycott (section E. D. Nixon)
Alabama.: xv–xvii After investigating her case, Rosa Parks—along with E. D. Nixon, Rufus A. Lewis, and E. G. Jackson—organized a defense for Taylor in...
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Townsends moved to Ruleville, Mississippi, to work as sharecroppers on W. D. Marlow's plantation. From age six, Hamer picked cotton with her family. During...
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Malcolm X also served as a mentor and confidant to Elijah Muhammad's son, Wallace D. Muhammad; the son told Malcolm X about his skepticism toward his father's...
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a speech on Islam and black empowerment by Wallace Fard Muhammad (Wallace D. Fard). Afterward, Poole said he approached Fard and asked if he was the "Mahdi"...
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"moderate" objections to the ongoing movement, such as US President Dwight D. Eisenhower's claim that he could not meet with civil rights leaders because...
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Encounter in Money, Mississippi". The Southern Quarterly (PDF). Burch, Audra D. S.; Shastri, Veda; Chaffee, Tim (February 20, 2019). "Emmett Till's Murder...
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Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2023. Alexander, Leslie M.; Rucker, Walter C. (February 28, 2010). Harry Belafonte. Abc-Clio...
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2007: Honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Vermont 2007: Honorary LL.D. degree from Adelphi University 2012: Honorary LL.D. degrees from Brown...
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ISBN 1-4039-6237-5. "Eldridge Cleaver: Brigham Young University Speech". Alexander Street, part of Clarivate. October 23, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2023...
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Mildred became pregnant, and in June 1958, the couple traveled to Washington, D.C. to marry, thereby evading Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which...
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2003-06-08, retrieved 2007-11-23 "G4 Vivian Malone". Hilary N. Green, PhD. Retrieved 2020-11-30. Civil rights pioneer Vivian Jones dies, USA Today,...
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as a special episode of Cover to Cover Live with Maggie Linton and Kim Alexander, entitled "Pete Seeger: The Storm King and Friends". On August 9, 2013...
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governor of the state of Mississippi ... I blame the people in Washington D.C., and on down in the state of Mississippi for what happened just as much...
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bent from a young age. At the age of 14, Goodman traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 1958 Youth March for Integrated Schools. During...
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