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British Culpability in the Trading and Enslavement of Africans

April 12, 2018April 24, 2018 Sasha Turner Blacks in Britain, Caribbean, reparations, slave trade, slavery

“In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in

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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Grassroots Struggle in Memphis

April 6, 2018April 13, 2018 Charles W. McKinney Activism, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. People from around the world

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“Our Emancipation Day”: Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago

April 5, 2018April 30, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, black protest, Chicago, Civil Rights Movement, MLK and American Cities, race, racism

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. Chicago’s strategies to keep African

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The King of Atlanta: Martin Luther King Jr. and Public Memory

April 3, 2018April 7, 2018 Maurice J. Hobson Activism, Atlanta, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. On April 4th, the world

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Memorializing Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, DC

April 2, 2018April 7, 2018 Marya McQuirter Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities, Washington DC

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. My introduction to Reverend

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