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"Those first demands began the journey to fair labor practices and brought the territory to the active economy and workers’ rights that we enjoy today."

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Anderson, Marian

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Douglass, Frederick

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(1896) John Hope, “We Are Struggling For Equality,”

Five months after Booker T. Washington had announced his policy of accommodation at the Atlanta Exposition, John Hope, then a member of the faculty at Atlanta Baptist College, delivered his rebuttal in a speech before a black debating society in Nashville on George Washingtons birthday, 1896. Part

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On March 26, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI visited Cuba. The three-day visit came after years of tension between the church and the Cuban government. It was the first papal trip since Pope John Paul II visited 14 years ago. During his visit, Pope Benedict XVI, pushing for Cuba toward freedom, said, I am

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Carter, Rubin "The Hurricane" (1937-2014)

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Marian Anderson and Ralph Bunche

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Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee established in

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