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Link Racial Past To The Present, Jill Ogline Titus

Civil War Institute Faculty Publications

Americans have been putting a great deal of energy into commemorating the 50th anniversary of some of the key moments of the civil rights movement. This burst of memorialization has inspired one new museum in Atlanta and the redesign of another in Memphis. The Smithsonian and Library of Congress are launching a new oral-history initiative, and films like Selma bring the movement to life for those who rarely read a history book or visit a museum.

This year brings more anniversaries: the Selma-to-Montgomery March, the passage of the Voting Rights Act, and the Watts rebellion. And the commemorative stakes are …

Blockprint April 15, 1968, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1960s. This issue of April 15, 1968 covers the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including editorials concerning the event, as well as more local news related to the school. Also included is a double page spread of photographs from the school's COLAB program of the year.