The history of civil rights in the US has been dominated by debates on the role of Martin Luther King. Some historians have argued for a longer history of civil rights extending from well before King’s speech. Such a history incorporates, for example, the work of the union movement amongst black workers in the 1940s North and South.
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09/02/13 • 17 min
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