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2) Por que celebramos el Dia Martin Luther King Jr.? =: Why do we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
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Each year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day serves as a reminder of the life and work of one of America's greatest civil rights activists. In this informative book, readers will learn about the importance of the civil rights movement and why we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Full-color photographs accompany the text. This essential book features accessible language that is ideal for children in the early stages of learning to read.
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The Senate Church Committee, which met in 1975, investigated a series of abuses by members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Testimony before the committee revealed that the FBI engaged in a prolonged attempt to discredit the work of Martin Luther King Jr. because it associated his work with communism. The agency, the committee discovered, engaged in such activities as warning prominent individuals...
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History has assigned Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his rightful place as a hero of the Civil Rights Movement, but what does it mean to be a hero ahead of one's own time? This exploration of the life of Dr. King compiles The New York Times's coverage of King's rise as a leader and activist and the hurdles he encountered along the way, including great resistance to his cause and his eventual assassination. In addition to coverage from his lifetime, also...
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Scope and content: Sixty-three framed black and white photographs of civil rights activities (boycotts, sit-ins, arrests, arraignments) in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, taken by Harold Lowe, Jr., for the Tennessean newspaper during the years 1960-1964.