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Where Ahmaud Arbery Ran, Neighbors Cast Wary Eyes
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1965 to 1969
This civil rights movement timeline focuses on the struggles final years, when some activists embraced black power, and leaders no longer appealed to the federal government to end segregation, thanks to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although the
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Egypt
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New CPD Superintendent David Brown has bold vision for Chicago, even amid coronavirus crisis | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Steve Biko
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