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THE LAST WORD: Warrior Lawyers Like Lani Guinier - Garland Journal

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux The amazing attorney, law professor, lawyer, author, and activist made her transition on January 7, 2022, even as Black folks and our allies were engaged in […]

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South Africa's Pan Africanist Congress suspended its armed struggle against the

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11

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1958

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9

1968

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8

1943

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Howard Beach Incident

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1999

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1965

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1990

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National Guard mobilizing in San Francisco.

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Bodies of three civil rights workers discovered on

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4

1964

Katherine Dunham (1910-)

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2001

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1911

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Constance Baker Motley

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29

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Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson,

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