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04Apr
2016

This Week in History – Martin Luther King, Jr. is Assassinated

Photo: Lorraine Hotel (Memphis, TN), April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed outside the Lorraine Motel where he was staying; he had come there to support sanitation workers in their strike.  Today the ...

30Nov
2015

This Week in History – The Montgomery Bus Boycott

History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols – boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale – from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband – is ...

31Mar
2014

This Week in 1968: Loss of a Beloved Civil Rights Leader

              On March 30, 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr.  He was later found not guilty by reason of insanity and has remained under ...