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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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How Many People Have Been to the Moon?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Deacon King Kong

novel by McBride

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discussed in biography

In James McBride: Literary career
…and Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong (2020), which is set in New York City in 1969.
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