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Eight White Clergymen
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a civil rights organization, of which Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first president. The organization was formed in 1957 with the original plan of desegregating bus systems throughout…
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Lynching
Lynching is a form of murder, often committed by a mob of people taking the law into their own hands, and often in the form of a public hanging. Lynching was a common practice during…
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Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar I was the King of Babylonia from 605 BC to 562 BC, who is known in the Bible for invading Jerusalem twice and destroying the central Hebrew Temple. In the Bible, Daniel maintains his…
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Tea Act of 1773, which allowed the British to trade tea in the American colonies without paying taxes. This was the culmination of years of tension…
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Ku Klux Klan
Also known as the KKK, this extremist group maintains a platform of racial segregation, white supremacy, and anti-Semitism. They used violent means—including lynching—to oppose civil rights and racial equality in the 1950s and 60s…
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