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Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was "antislavery" -- against slavery's expansion, but not calling for immediate emancipation. However, the man who began as "antislavery" eventually issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion. -
What to the Slave, is the 4th of July by Frederick Douglass
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Lincoln's Second Inagural Address by Abraham Lincoln
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Excerpt from “Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases” by Ida B. Wells
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Roy Wilkins
Wilkins helped organize the historic March on Washington in August 1963 and participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965 and the March Against Fear in Mississippi in 1966. Under Wilkins's direction, NAACP played a major role in many civil rights victories of the 1950s and 1960s, including Brown v. -
James Farmer
James Farmer co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942. The organization aimed at "erasing the color line through methods of direct nonviolent action." CORE followed the approach used by Gandhi in India's fight for independence. -
Whitney Young
Before Whitney Young took the helm in 1961, the League had not been actively identified with the civil rights movement. Young steered his organization in new directions, speaking out on issues and giving the League a major voice in public policy, while building stronger ties with government and business leaders. -
Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles by Stephanie Hinnershitz
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A Letter To My Nephew by James Baldwin
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Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1965, King helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches. He worked tirelessly to assure the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and was in attendance when President Johnson signed both that Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. -
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Reconstruction: Crash Course Black American History #19
While slavery was abolished there was still a lot of work that needed to be done before we were anywhere near equality for all. -
"How three unlikely groups worked together to achieve interracial solidarity" by Code Switch
The Rainbow Coalition’s Goal was to essentially provide basic resources and housing to those who were lower-income, or colored. A lot of people found that the diversity of the group was odd, which made every other reason to stop them, killing some in the process, including Fred Hamilton. The Rainbow Coalition was made up of the Young Lords, a former street gang turned organization for essential services, Patriots, and more.