All posts tagged "civil rights movement"
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3.1KConnecticutConstance Baker Motley Faces Down Racism
Constance Baker Motley encountered overt racism for the first time when she left her home in New Haven to attend Fisk College...
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2.6K5Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King in New England
Martin Luther King spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in Connecticut...
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1.4K2New HampshireDancer’s Image, the NH Horse that Won and Lost the Kentucky Derby
The New Hampshire thoroughbred Dancer’s Image won, then lost, the Kentucky Derby in 1968 because his owner made a kind gesture to...
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4.2K15MaineMuhammad Ali in Lewiston: The Legend of the Phantom Punch is Born
Maine was at the center of one of the biggest boxing scandals of all time. In a sport known for its chaos...
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3.2K4MassachusettsMartin Luther King Channels the American Revolution
In the fall of 1951, 22-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr., settled into his Botolph Street apartment to begin doctoral studies at Boston...
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3.2K9MassachusettsTwo Different Bostons Shaped Malcolm X and MLK (Pt. 1)
When Martin Luther King, Jr., moved to Boston in 1951 to study for his graduate degree in philosophy, Malcolm X was already...