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For many US towns and cities, deciding which streets to name after MLK reflects his unfinished work

For some communities, the drive to name public spaces in King’s name has taken years as well as heated debates, boycotts, petition drives, marches and even litigation.

For many US towns and cities, deciding which streets to name after MLK reflects his unfinished work

Roundtable: The March on Washington & The Future of the Civil Rights Movement

Roundtable: The March on Washington & The Future of the Civil Rights Movement

Reflecting on the March on Washington

Reflecting on the March on Washington

Activists Confront a Changing Voting Rights Landscape

Activists Confront a Changing Voting Rights Landscape

Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement Ahead of the March on Washington's 50th Anniversary

Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement Ahead of the March on Washington's 50th Anniversary

Iranian Women Remember Green Revolution Ahead of Election

Three women in Iran spoke to the BBC by phone this week about their hopes and concerns for their country on the eve of a presidential election.

Iranian Women Remember Green Revolution Ahead of Election

50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired

Medgar Evers, a NAACP field secretary and civil rights activist, was shot in the back at his home in 1963. The murder is considered a turning point in the Civil Rghts movement, in part thanks to the artists who used his name as a rallying cry. Fifty years later, we remember Evers through the music he inspired.

50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired

Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement About 'Failing Up'

Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement About 'Failing Up'

Is the Gay Rights Movement Akin to the Civil Rights Movement?

Is the Gay Rights Movement Akin to the Civil Rights Movement?

NAACP Attacks New Voting Laws

NAACP Attacks New Voting Laws

How the 'Red Summer' of 1919 Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

How the 'Red Summer' of 1919 Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
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46 years later: justice for a civil rights murder victim

46 years later: justice for a civil rights murder victim
The World

Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98

Dorothy Height, a veteran civil rights leader, has died at the age of 98. Height started her activism as a teenager marching in New York City's Times Square and became one of the movement's most important female leaders.

Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98

Marking the NAACP's Centennial Convention

Exploring the accomplishments of, and challenges for the NAACP as it celebrates its 100-year anniversary.

Marking the NAACP's Centennial Convention
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NAACP Women Made History in Tennessee

To commemorate the NAACP's Centennial, The Takeaway speaks to Sarah Staten, who was one of the female activists who led the first branch of the NAACP in Franklin County, a rural area of 40,000 people in the southern part of Middle Tennessee.

NAACP Women Made History in Tennessee