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Still Fighting After All These Years: Minority Voting Rights 50 Years After The March On Washington, Deborah N. Archer Jan 2015

Still Fighting After All These Years: Minority Voting Rights 50 Years After The March On Washington, Deborah N. Archer

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Reflections On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The March And The Speech: History, Memory, Values, Edward A. Purcell, Jr. Jan 2015

Reflections On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The March And The Speech: History, Memory, Values, Edward A. Purcell, Jr.

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This article considers the significance of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on one of its signature events, the March on Washington in 1963 and the “I Have a Dream” speech that Martin Luther King gave on the occasion. Blending historical analysis with personal memory, it considers the long struggle for civil rights, the impact of both the March and the Speech, and the meaning they held for those who shared their ideals and sought to fulfill their goals. The article then traces the decline of the Civil Rights Movement in the altered political and social …


Are Prosecutors The Constitution's Gatekeepers?, Rebecca Roiphe Jan 2015

Are Prosecutors The Constitution's Gatekeepers?, Rebecca Roiphe

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One Significant Step: How Reforms To Prison Districts Begin To Address Political Inequality, Erika L. Wood Jan 2015

One Significant Step: How Reforms To Prison Districts Begin To Address Political Inequality, Erika L. Wood

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