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27
1897
Wallace, George Corley
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Malcolm X
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James Meredith
James Meredith is a 20th century eminent American Civil Rights Movement figure. He was involved in political advisory committee and also wrote about the social inequality issues. Besides, he was a war veteran and was the first black to be admitted in an all-white
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25
1933
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Cuba
A Soviet attempt to install medium-range missiles in Cuba—capable of striking targets in the United States with nuclear warheads—provoked a crisis in 1962. Denouncing the Soviets for “deliberate deception,” President Kennedy promised a U.S. blockade of Cuba to stop the missile
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Thurgood Marshall
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23
1961
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)
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6
1990
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I Have a Dream
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1942
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1867
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