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The struggles for civil rights in the US and South Africa had many parallels. But we didn't just talk about politics – he loved boxing more than anything
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JFK's murder in Dallas in November 1963 terrified black America, says Candace Allen. Would his death be a disastrous setback, or could it be the catalyst for change?
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Forest Whitaker is quietly powerful as a White House servant who lived through the long battle for civil rights, writes Mark Kermode
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Fifty years after JFK's assassination, the questions – and the books – keep coming, writes Ed Vulliamy
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On the fifth anniversary of Barack Obama's acceptance address, David Edgar explores what unites – and divides – the great American speeches of the last 150 years
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From Martin Luther King Jr to black power, these books on the US civil rights struggle show how relevant the issues still are, writes historian John A Kirk
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Long-gestating film about civil rights leader aiming to hire Django Unchained actor and World Trade Center director
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Operation Minaret set up in 1960s to monitor anti-Vietnam critics, branded 'disreputable if not outright illegal' by NSA itself
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Maude Ballou is auctioning items including handwritten notes and page from 'I Have a Dream' speech
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Civil rights veteran calls for action to stamp out generations of racial injustice and stop minorities being 'locked out'
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Hugh Muir: I was asked what relevance King's speech has in 21st-century Britain. Have you looked the employment market, or the so-called 'war on drugs' recently?
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The BBC's masterly documentary about Martin Luther King was so good that it ought to be on the national curriculum, writes Euan Ferguson
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Nosheen Iqbal: Tom Stoppard's weird, trippy reworking of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was way out there on bank holiday Radio 2
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Nick Herbert: From badgers to fracking to Occupy, these anti-democrats are deluded to believe they're courageous rights activists
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Sean O'Hagan on photography The other side of Martin Luther King: images from the civil rights struggle
Sean O'Hagan: A small but powerful show of photographs by Dan Budnik celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 'I had a dream' speech
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US President Barack Obama speaks on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech in Washington on Wednesday
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King's 'I have a dream' speech has gone down in history. But this excellent documentary showed that on the day it was just an afterthought – and that even the great man referred to black people as 'negroes'
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Tens of thousands gathered in Washington DC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speechw
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Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech with a stirring speech on inequality
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President Obama speaks at event marking 50 years to the day that Martin Luther King gave his 'I have a dream' speech
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US president urges crowd to follow Martin Luther King's inspiration to combat racism and take action over minority rights
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Editorial: The dream remains unfinished business, but that only reinforces the power of that moment in August 1963
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Letters: I have a dream that we all celebrate King's speech with the first International 'I Have a Dream' Month
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Tom Meltzer: From TED talks to online seminars, video channels crammed with inspirational and thought-provoking lectures are educating us on everything from town planning and depression to body language, animal morality and dangers of sugar in just a few minutes. Here is our pick of the best
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Fifty years after Martin Luther King delivered his 'I have a dream' speech at the march on Washington of 28 August 1963, Gary Younge explores a defining moment in civil rights history that changed America and the world
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Luis J Rodriguez: I faced death threats, including having razor blades to my neck. I was in a cell next to Charles Manson. Yet I stood up for myself
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BBC to air full recital with passages read by Dalai Lama and Malala Yousafzai for 50th anniversary of civil rights address
I was in Cape Town when Mandela was released. Oh, I could feel the change coming